Created by Pedro Rebelo and Frank Delaney 
Duration: 30 Minutes

The SARC x 20 experience is composed of sounds and images from archive of creative work by SARC researchers and PhD alumni between 2004 and 2024 and makes use of the Sonic Lab’s unique immersive capabilities. The result is a five screen experimental documentary with spatial audio which expands narrative and chronologies across space.

An interplay between the layout of the Sonic Lab itself and over 300 archived collections, the work creatively interrogates the archive using interventionist approaches to media representation and at times using processes akin to those used by the archived works themselves. Often questioning conventional audio-visual relationship, SARC x 20 brings out histories, performance, trends, sounds and images which are re-mediated in this unique format which allows for the expression of audio-visual gesture in an immersive context. Come prepared to turn your head and open your ears! 

SARC x 20 was created by Rebelo and Delaney to celebrate twenty years since the inauguration of the SARC building by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Reflecting research projects, public engagement activities, participatory projects, performance, composition, design and scholarship, this is a deep dive into the weird and wonderful ‘SARCness’ that seems to envelope those passing through as students as staff. The authors are grateful for the participation of HIVE Choir and the work is dedicated to the SARC community. 

Screenings:
Sonorities Festival Belfast, Sonic Lab April 2024
Docs Ireland, Sonic Lab June 2024
Dokumentale - International Documentary and Media Festival Berlin, Living Berlin, October 2024