As sea levels rise and wildfires burn, Only Expansion remixes the sound of the city around you to experience sonically how your own life might change in the future.
A beautifully made guidebook prompts you to explore the city, choosing your own route, while headphones with customised electronics capture and manipulate the sounds around you.
Field recordings of climate collapse blend into your surroundings, you begin to hear your city as if it was under water or beaten by dry desert winds. A visceral and poetic reflection on what it means to live on a planet in crisis, Only Expansion connects the here to the elsewhere, letting you experience our tangled ecology through sound.
Winner - London Film Festival Best Immersive and XR Award
Winner - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam - Special Jury Award for Immersive Non-fiction
Credits
Created by: Duncan Speakman
Music: Sarah Anderson and Duncan Speakman
Book Design: Tom Abba
Technical support: Steve Symons
Production assistant: Will Taylor
Lasercut design: Fiona Dowling
Only Expansion was developed with support from Theatre in The Mill Bradford, University of Exeter Arts And Culture, Lydgalleriet Bergen, and Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants.
Opening times: 9 – 13 October, 11am – 6pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Tickets available on arrival on a pay what you can basis.
Pick up your headphones from Bocs and drop them back at Bocs to a member of staff when you're done.
