BOOM in Residence at St John's College

Event information

We're opening up our next BOOM gathering (artist development days) to the public. Meet our BOOM artists and join us for seminars with leading sound artists and producers covering the topics of presenting music/sound outdoors, creating shows for specific outdoor sites, and creating work with communities. These seminars will take place across Friday 30th and Saturday 31st January (with separate free booking for each day).

The OCM BOOM scheme is a professional development program for musicians, sound artists, and producers who want to create and present contemporary music and sound-based work in outdoor, digital and unconventional spaces.

We are thankful to St John's College for their generous support for this event.

Schedule: Saturday 31st January

13.30pm - 15.30pm - BOOM Artists informal public sharing of works-in-progress with Q&A

Boom artists are welcome to share any works-in-progress (c.15 minutes per artist)

16.00pm - 5:15pm Listening with/Listening to: Celebrating communities with Anna Braithwaite

Artist talk and performance from this prolific community artist who often works with verbatim text, local history and personal memory, contributing to systems of care and self-expression for women and people with disabilities.

For further information, please see https://ocmevents.org/whats-on/boom-in-residence-at-st-johns-college/

Tickets for Friday: wegottickets.com/event/689235/

OCM is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. OCM is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL. Supported with funding from Oxford City Council. Affiliate Organisation of Oxford Brookes University.

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Photo credit: Project VEAR by Aswarm, photo by Ian Wallman