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Inside the Clock

This immersive indoor installation in the Aston Webb Rotunda gallery complements the outdoor intervention and invites listeners inside the clocktower, featuring sounds collected from the Belfry and the Winding Room.

You can experience this composition between 20th October and 24th October 2025, during the opening hours of Largely in your hands: making and shaping a university.

Credit: Professor Annie Mahtani, 2025, 1 minute composition repeated every 15 minutes.

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