The Silica Pulse live at 念 RE:CITE #1
念 · RE:CITE brings together artists whose practices move between performance, sound and research, asking how listening is shaped by the technologies, bodies, histories and power structures around us.
For the first edition of 念 · RE:CITE, artist-researcher Julie Rose Bower shares her research into ASMR and feminist listening, before performing with her ambient and ASMR-oriented band The Silica Pulse. The evening will also see a live performance of ‘Channelling Shortwave’ by Simon Whetham, bringing together different approaches to intimacy and sound through an orchestra of motors salvaged from discarded electronic devices.
An evening moving between research, listening and live performance, with food and conversation in between at the cosy art cafe ETSDTS.
6pm — Research sharing — FREE ENTRY
Upstairs (Eat the Sunshine)
7.30pm — Live performances — TICKETS REQUIRED
Downstairs in the basement (Down the Sun)
The Silica Pulse
Julie Rose Bower, Rob Hart, Sound Mirror
念 · RE:CITE is a new event series co-curated by Zhuo Mengting and angela wai nok hui. Embodying a Chinese character that can suggest thought, feeling, attention, reading and mind power, 念 · RE:CITE sees research and artistic practice likewise as interconnected ways of thinking and making.
The series in 2026 autumn will feature three artist-researchers: Julie Rose Bower (October), Jonathan Higgins (November) and Annie Goh (December), alongside guest artists and musicians to be in dialogue.
Mengting Zhuo is supported by the Early Career Promoter Fund which is managed by PRS Foundation and funded by Arts Council England using Supporting Grassroots Music funding from DCMS.
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