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UNINSTAL

9 – 16 MAY 2010
TRAMWAY, GLASGOW

UNINSTAL this May is Arika's Part A / taster / precursor to the 2010 INSTAL festival at Tramway that will take place in November. UNINSTAL will feature events with leading questions that test ideas and take risks. Attempts at answers will come from Taku Unami, Eric La Casa, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Ultra-red, Strickland Distribution, Christian Bök, Craig Dworkin, JLIAT, Loïc Blairon as well as the attendant audience.

Expect: baffling experimental metal, unlistenable silence, language games, sound poetry, anti-understandability, urban organising, bare knuckle improvisation, uncreativity, everyday sound, anti-gentrification, radical field recording, conceptual writing, organised listening and absurd humour. Check out the festival website with full programme details HERE. All events are FREE. Places should be reserved via the Tramway box office on 0845 330 3501. See you there.

INSTAL

NOVEMBER 2010
TRAMWAY, GLASGOW

INSTAL returns! Shifting from its previous home at The Arches, the festival will evolve and transform at its new base at Tramway. The programme is still being devised and conceived, but will continue to feature incredible performances with inspirational artists, but will be expanded to feature opportunities to investigate and explore ideas, questions and ways of doing with the artists at the festival. Exact dates and confirmed programme will be available soon!

KILL YOUR TIMID NOTION 2010

SUNDAY 21 – SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY
IN AND AROUND DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Kill Your Timid Notion, DCA and Arika's festival of experimental image, sound and dialogue was a week-long chance to spend time together, see lots of films and performances, drink lots of tea, use lots of pens, ask lots of questions and get involved in lots of discussions. Read HERE and HERE for a couple of reviews of the festival and go to our ARCHIVE to see photos and upload your own. Videos of the festival will be available soon.

INSTAL 09

20,21,22 MARCH 2009
THE ARCHES, GLASGOW

The 2009 edition of the festival took to the vaulted Glasgow University Chapel for an evening or organ performance on the Friday evening including Hermann Nitsch. Back at The Arches, sold out crowds on the Saturday loved Tetsuo Kogawa and Joan La Barbara and the Sunday saw the joyous culmination of Phil Minton's Century FC choir project amongst a host of other great performances. Photos are online here and audio will be coming soon.

KILL YOUR TIMID NOTION ON TOUR 2008

NOV AND DEC 2008
LONDON, BRISTOL AND GLASGOW

The tour, supported by the Contemporary Music Network, travelled to the BFI Southbank, the BFI IMAX, the ICA, Spike Island, Arnolfini and the CCA. Hope you enjoyed what you saw. Performances included Ken Jacobs, La Cellule d'Intervention Metamkine, Kjell Bjørgeengen, Keith Rowe and Philipp Wachsmann, Andrew Lampert, Bruce McClure, Paul Sharits and Greg Pope. Check HERE for the full programme and line-up.

KILL YOUR TIMID NOTION 2008

EXHIBITION OPENS 19 SEPT
FESTIVAL 10-12 OCT
DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

KYTN at DCA went with a big bang. Thanks to all that came along and enjoyed and endured the many delights of the programme. Hope the festival left you with a whole new agenda. Now is your chance to check out the festival in retrospect via our archive site of photos and videos. If you imaged your festival experience please spread the love and upload them for all to share: KYTN 2008 LIVE. If you want to check the full line up at the festival, go HERE.

Yuck 'n Yum ♥ KYTN Mixtape
Yuck 'n Yum lovingly compiled a super cool mixtape for KYTN 10. Each day of the festival one track was transmitted via bluetooth, featuring works by local and Yuck 'n Yum affiliated artists and KYTN performers. Now you can download the whole shebang HERE. Thanks YNY.

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