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Archive
Full of Noises is a sound art and new music organisation based in a public park on Cumbria's Furness Peninsula
Events
Screening: Still Waters & Horngarth – 04/03/23
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Lee Patterson @ Piel View – 18/03/23
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Sarah Angliss @ Piel View – 24-25/02/23
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Secluded Bronte @ Piel View – 21/02/23
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Natalie Sharp – SPUME + Ellie Hoskins – 24/09/22
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Acoustic Commons Exhibition, 08-09/10/22
Acoustic Commons Exhibition Location: ESAAix and neighboring locations in Aix en Provence Online: Live audio streams from open microphones at acousticommons.net Dates: Sat 8th / Sun 9th October 2022 – Public Programme Acoustic Commons is a collaboration between sound art organisations (CONA, Full of Noises, Locus Sonus & Soundcamp) & a range of associate partners, […]
Land to Return, Land to Care, 05/11/22
Land to Return, Land to Care Online broadcast: Live audio streams from open microphones in the Ukraine at: acousticommons.net Dates: Sat 5th November 2022 – 09:00–21:00 (UTC+1/UK) / 11:00–23:00 (UTC+3/Ukraine) http://acousticommons.net/listen/land-to-return/index# Land to Return, Land to Care is a collaboration between artists in Ukraine and the UK, presented as a 12-hour live transmission work, mixed in […]
Nearly Present – Julian Weaver
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PITCH in Barrow Park – 23-24/08/22
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Hanna Tuulikki – Seals’kin – 17/07/22
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Acoustic Commons – A European Co-operation Project
Acoustic Commons A Creative Europe Small Cooperation Project Full of Noises are excited to be a partner in the Acoustic Commons project, which has recently received support from the European Union’s Creative Europe program. The Acoustic Commons is an emerging network of live environmental streams which draw attention to the unique sounds of particular places […]
Soundcamp – Ravenglass Estuary – 30/04/2022
Join Full of Noises, RE Drift and invited artists at Ravenglass estuary for Soundcamp 9…
Piel View House – Redevelopment
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Duke Street Soundwalk – Dan Fox – 10/09/2021
Artist Sarah Angliss presents her new automaton sound sculpture “Mechanical Nightingales” which has been specially commissioned for Barrow Park.
Hannah Kemp Welch – Research Residency 09/2021
Hannah Kemp-Welch will be undertaking a research residency at Full of Noises in September 2021.
Sarah Angliss – Mechanical Nightingales – 04/09/2021
Artist Sarah Angliss presents her new automaton sound sculpture “Mechanical Nightingales” which has been specially commissioned for Barrow Park.
Events in July – 23+24+28/07/2021
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Duke St. Sound Walk – Summer 2021
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Musical Machines – 15/05 & 05/06/2021
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Soundcamp – Barrow Park 01/05/2021
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Expressions of Interest: Park Programme & Project Space
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Acoustic Commons Broadcast – 20/06/2020
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Reveil – 2-3/05/2020
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FON Festival 2020
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Soundcamp South Walney – 2-3/05/2020
Join Full of Noises, Cumbria Wildlife Trust and invited artists at South Walney Nature Reserve for Soundcamp , an overnight event in celebration of International Dawn Chorus Day.
ROOP! – 07/09/2019
Birgit Oigus, RUUP, 2018 – image by Amelia Harvey ROOP! (Northern/Scottish word meaning ‘To roar; make a great noise’) Sat, 7 September 2019 The Yan, Forestry Commission Visitor Centre Grizedale Forest, Hawkshead, LA22 0QJ 14:00-17:00 (listening walk) 18:00 – 19:00 (performance) An afternoon exploring listening in Grizedale Forest culminating in a performance in the Yan […]
FON 2019 Concerts – 9-10/08/2019
Full of Noises 2019 Fri 9th / Sat 10th August Barrow Town Hall Doors 19:00 for 19:15 start Ends 22:00 Full of Noises returns this August, bringing new music and sound art to the unique surroundings of the Furness Peninsula. Click here to download the full programme. The lineups for our two evening concerts are: […]
FON 2019 – Works for Barrow Park
Full of Noises 2019 – Free events in Barrow Park Fri 9th / Sat 10th / Sun 11th August, 12:00 – 17:00 daily Crazy Golf Hack 2 by Domestic Science and invited artists Barrow Park Pitch & Putt We continue our four-year programme of new commissions for Barrow Park with a series of playful […]
FON 2019 – Workshop with Kelly Jayne Jones
Workshop: Kelly Jayne Jones Barrow Park Greenhouse, Sun 11th August, 10:30 – 12:00 ‘Ruskin Rocks’ is a sound and music workshop with sound artist Kelly Jayne Jones as part of Barrow’s annual Full of Noises festival (9-11th August). Kelly is currently working on a new project exploring the history of Cumbria’s musical stones, using these […]
FON 2019 – Soundwalk with Tim Shaw – 10/08/2019
Ambulation is a headphone-based sound walk that uses adapted field recording equipment and
DIY listening technologies to explore the sonic quality of different environments.
FON 2019 – Print your own T-Shirt
Print Your Own T-Shirt, Piel View House, Barrow Park Fri 17th & Sat 18th August, 12:00 – 16:00 Bring your own t-shirt to have printed with a special 10th Anniversary FoN design by textile artist Susan Deakin. Reflecting our environmental concerns, we’ve decided to produce all our t-shirts in-house using recycled garments and eco inks […]
Full of Noises 2019 – 9-11/08/2019
Full of Noises 2019 Illustrations by Ellie Chaney Full of Noises 2019 9th – 11th August Venues around Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Tickets from £7 Info: info@fonfestival.org This year’s special 10-year anniversary edition of Full of Noises brings artists from all over the UK to Barrow in Furness to share newly-commissioned pieces and rarely seen work over […]
Call out for Ideas: Creative People and Places – 5&19/02/2019
Call out for Ideas: Creative People and Places Drop-in sessions 5th &19th Feb 2019 10:30 – 16:30 Full of Noises, Piel View House, Barrow Park (signposted form Abbey Road entrance) We’re looking for musicians, composers and sound artists from Barrow and the surrounding area to put forward their ideas for an exciting new project being […]
Doremi 2018 3-18/11/2018
Doremi 2018 Open Day – 3/11/2018 Exhibition – 3-18/11/18 (12-5 Thurs-Sun) Art Gene, Bath St, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 5TY Full of Noises are excited to be a supporting organisation in this year’s DoremiResidency programme, an annual, peripatetic group residency that invites emerging artists from around the country to Cumbria to forge links between artists and arts […]
Ark of Sound – 13/10/2018
Ark of Sound Sat 13th October 2018, 11am-4pm St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Alston, Cumbria Free admission In ‘Ark of Sound’ Josephine Dickinson will share the sights and sounds of her day-to-day life living and working on Alston Moor, subtly transforming St Augustine’s into a ‘sounding body’ reflecting her very individual sound world since becoming […]
Jenn Mattinson: Not in the Shipyard Now – 17-19/08/2018
Jenn Mattinson – Not in the Shipyard Now Installation for Barrow Park Glasshouse at Full of Noises 17th-19th August Nestled amidst the hustle and bustle of Barrow-in-Furness is a place of peace and loveliness. Right in the heart of the town, just minutes from the shops and busy streets, is Barrow Park, a 45 acre […]
Yo No Bi #3: Asuna, Tomoko Sauvage & Charlie Collins – 22/08/2018
Yo No Bi #3: Asuna, Tomoko Sauvage & Charlie Collins Weds 22nd August, 19:00 – 22:00 Access Space, Sheffield Tickets from £6 ame, Full of Noises and Cuspeditions present a short UK tour showcasing installation works and performances by two of Japan’s most innovative sound artists, ASUNA and Tomoko Sauvage. Starting with two new installations […]
Yo No Bi #3: Asuna, Tomoko Sauvage & Sam Weaver – 21/08/2018
Yo No Bi #3: Asuna, Tomoko Sauvage & Sam Weaver Tues 21st August, 19:00 – 22:00 Caustic Coastal, Salford Tickets from £6 ame, Full of Noises and Cuspeditions present a short UK tour showcasing installation works and performances by two of Japan’s most innovative sound artists, ASUNA and Tomoko Sauvage. Starting with two new installations […]
Full of Noises 2018 – 17-19/08/2018
Full of Noises 2018 17th-19th August Venues around Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Weekend passes from £12 Read the full programme at Issuu (above) or click here to download a pdf copy directly (13mb) Full of Noises returns this August, bringing new music and sound art to the unique surroundings of the Furness Peninsula. Artists include: Composer / […]
Haco + Tarnovski + redvirginsoil – 16/06/2018
Full of Noises and ame, with support from The Media Centre present: Haco & Tarnovski + redvirginsoil, 16th June Cafe Ollo, Huddersfield Tickets £7 / £5 In collaboration with ame and the Media Centre, Full of Noises welcomes back singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound artist (and first ever FoN artist in residence) Haco to celebrate the […]
Soundcamp South Walney 5-6/05/2018
Soundcamp 2018 South Walney Nature Reserve Starts – Sat 5th May, 15:00 Ends – Sun 6th May, 8:30 Ticket + Camping from £7.50 Join Full of Noises, Cumbria Wildlife Trust and invited artists at South Walney Nature Reserve for Soundcamp , an overnight event in celebration of International Dawn Chorus Day. The Cumbria Soundcamp is […]
South Walney Residency Open Call – Apply by 28/03/2018
South Walney Artists Residency 2018 A new residency with Full of Noises (Barrow-in-Furness) and SoundCamp (London), hosted by Cumbria Wildlife Trust, gives an opportunity for artists to spend time at South Walney Nature Reserve, making work in response to the site. There will also be an opportunity to present resulting work as part of the […]
Composition of Happiness: closing event with Diatribes (Cyril Bondi & D’incise) and Ecka Mordecai – 19/01/2018
The Media Centre, Full of Noises and ame presents: Composition of Happiness: closing event Fri 19th Jan 2018 Doors 19:30 / starts at 20:00 Cafe Ollo, The Media Centre, 7 Northumberland St, Huddersfield £4 on the door To celebrate the closing of Ryoko Akama’s exhibition, composition of happiness, the Media Centre hosts performances by two […]
Out of Place: Delia Derbyshire in Cumbria – 28/10/2017
Out of Place: Delia Derbyshire in Cumbria Sat 28th October 14:00 – 14:30 & 16:00 – 16:30 Cookes Studios, 104 Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness Free admission This particular story covers the time electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire spent in Cumbria in the mid-1970s. It’s one of those stories that will always remain rather ambiguous, as very […]
South Walney Soundwalk – 29/10/2017
Walk at South Walney Nature Reserve, Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria Sunday 29th October, 12:00 – 14:30 Leave from the Reserve Office at 12 noon Free transport from Barrow rail station available Join Sarah Dalrymple, Reserve Warden with the Cumbria Wildlife Trust in a walk around the Reserve, with members of Octopus Collective and […]
FON 4.5 Film programme – 28/10/2017
Artists’ Moving Image Programme Sat 28th, 13:00 – 14:00 & 15:00 – 16:00 Cookes Studios, Cookes Studios, 104 Abbey Rd, LA14 5QR Free Admission A programme of short films presenting an alternative view of the Cumbrian landscape curated by Phil Northcott and Julia Parks, supported by Signal Film and Media. Screenings start at 13:00 and […]
Artists
Tim Shaw
Tim Shaw is an artist working predominantly with sound. He presents work through musical performances, installations, walks and site-responsive interventions. Collaboration is central to his approach, he has been lucky enough to make artistic work with Chris Watson, Phill Niblock, Tetsuya Umeda, Dirty Electronics, John Bowers, Tess Denman-Cleaver, Jacek Smolicki and Sébastien Piquemal. Recently his […]
Helen Frosi
Helen Frosi is an artist and curator who has found herself in many roles, inside and outside of the art world. Her work is preoccupied with the idea of the gift, especially within collaborative and cross-disciplinary practice, and motivated by an interest in the creative, social, and political dimension of sound. In 2010 Helen founded […]
Tony Doyle
Tony is a creative digital artist, with experience ranging across academic work and professional practice. Originally from a pure music background (classical and jazz performance/composition), his practice has become focused on digital arts. Since being introduced to computer music during his masters studies, he continued to develop this interest for sonic and coding intersections during […]
Sam Underwood
Sam Underwood is a musician, sound artist and musical instrument designer. His work in musical instrument design focuses on the development of new musical instruments; predominantly acoustic and mechanical, with a particular penchant for those in the bass/sub-bass register. One of the central aims of his work in creating new musical instruments is to develop […]
Minoru Sato
Minoru Sato is a sound artist with an interest in acoustic phenomena, explored in the form of installations, multiples, performances and texts. Since 1989, he has presented work under the name “m/s”, establishing his own label called “WrK” for creative activities in 1994. in addition, he also produces sound works under the name SASW, collaborative […]
Andie Brown
Andie Brown is a musician from London. An interest in sound and experimentation led Andie to begin working as These Feathers Have Plumes in 2007, creating sonic landscapes using traditional and non-traditional instrumentation (primarily glass), found-sound and field recordings. Andie has performed solo in the UK and Europe. Additionally, Andie has collaborated live with artists […]