A Special Form of Darkness in Glasgow

A Special Form of Darkness in Glasgow

A new festival of experimental music, film, art and ideas begins in Glasgow on 24 February.



Scottish experimental music concert promoters and curators Arika run festivals of music, film and ideas, which in previous years have been entitled Instal and Kill Your Timid Notion, respectively. This year Arika have shifted the identities of these festivals to encompass three themed events taking place in January, February and March 2012.

The second of these events will run across 24—26 February at Glasgow Tramway, and is entitled ‘Episode Two: A Special Form of Darkness’. The festival will investigate how ‘ideas of nihilism, darkness, subjectivity and abjection play out in experimental music, performance art, supernatural horror; in neuroscience or philosophy’.

Musicians, performers and artists appearing include Keiji Haino, Junko, Walter Marchetti, Taku Unami, Iain Campbell F-W and Dawn Kasper. In addition, leading contemporary theorists and writers on music  such as Ray Brassier, Mark Fisher, Eugene Thacker and Evan Calder Williams will participate.

Tickets are only £6 per day, and £14 for a festival pass.

arika.org.uk

Published on 20 February 2012

Stephen Graham is a lecturer in music at Goldsmiths, University of London. He blogs at www.robotsdancingalone.wordpress.com.

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