BEAST: Sound-Speculation-Imagination
Join us for a two-day BEAST event pursuing radical directions in synthetic sound
and spatialisation with featured composers Rashad Becker and Ryu Hankil.
- DateFriday, 24 April 2026, 11:00 - Saturday, 25 April 2026, 21:30 (UK)
- LocationElgar Concert Hall and Dome, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
- Concerts: £6 per concert
- Workshops: £4 per workshop
Join us for a two-day BEAST event pursuing radical directions in synthetic sound and spatialisation with featured composers Rashad Becker and Ryu Hankil.
Exploring the edges of sonic fiction, nonlinear temporality, and hyperreal synthetic sound, the concerts will bring together Becker’s uncanny, intricately textured sonic dramaturgies with Hankil’s media-archaeological explorations of abandoned objects. The programme invites audiences into a space of speculative listening and imaginative world-building.
Fri 24 April
- 11:00 Workshop with Rashad Becker
- 18:00 BEAST concert featuring new music by current BEAST composers
- 20:00 Ryu Hankil
Sat 25 April
Location
Address
Elgar Concert Hall and DomeBramall Music BuildingUniversity of BirminghamEdgbastonBirminghamB15 2TT