Further emphasising this cross-pollination between academia and the arts, auto-didact artist and researcher Joe Banks was next to present, exhibiting and discussing (the) sonic artwork “Language [as] Meta-Technology”, which centres on “the power of language as both a repository of traditional knowledge and as a tool of personal and political self-empowerment…” –
https://thinkpieces-review.co.uk/2025/11/24/the-languages-of-the-future-conference/
Representing the Architectural Association, Ashoka University (Sonipat), Carnegie Mellon University, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, Leuphana University (Lüneburg), Joy University (Kanyakumari), National Centre for Academic & Cultural Exchange, SETI Institute, Universities of Essex, Exeter, London, Oxford and Ulster, Wilson College (Mumbai), plus independent researchers, the “Languages of the Future” conference at UCL featured presentations by Matthew De Abaitua, Javier Andreu-Perez, Emily Baker, Joe Banks, Renate Lurdesa Baumane, Helen Buckley-Woods, Joseph Cook, Varshita Dhanda, Scott Ennis, Bronac Ferran, Matt Finch, Jason Goldfarb, Marina Iodice, Bart Kuipers, Evelyn McCune, Joseph Murray, John Preston, Davina Quinlivan, Kieren Reed, James Rowson, Flora Sagers, Beatrice de Salles, Mohammed Shafeer K P, Nelli Shkarupina, Sarah Sigal, Sonakshi Srivastava, Riitta Valijarvi and Josh Weeks.
“Language [as] Meta-Technology”, the “Ammonite” video/s (at Outernet Arts) and the “Antithesis” exhibition (of electromagnetic sound art) discussed on the Digital Arts Blog; interview by writer and curator Cansu Waldron –
https://www.digitalartsblog.com/artist-spotlights/artist-interview-joe-banks
The Digital Arts Blog also features interviews with and works by the artists Louisa Clement, Auriea Harvey, Jonas Lund, Sofia Malemina, Vera Molnár, Roy Nachum, Yoko Ono, Calin Segal, Subliexe and Ziyi Zhang, etc (among many others).
“Language [as] Meta-Technology” graphics feature in the publication “What is an Art Book?” volume 4, curated by The Modern Language Experiment, launching at Space N.N. (Munich) 24 to 26 Oct 2025, and at Super Books 6, Haus der Kunst (also Munich) 25 to 26 Oct 2025 (see websites for opening times)…
Space N.N.
Gabelsbergerstraße 26
80333 München
Germany
Haus der Kunst
Prinzregentenstraße 1
80538 München
Germany
“National Grid” audio commentary on Wave Farm “Audio Buffet”…
WGXC 90.7-FM and on-line, 10 Oct 2025, 3pm USA, 8pm UK
https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/11vz9p
Special thanks to Bianca Biberaj & Meredith Kooi
Thanks to Pedro Almiro, Nathan Gray & David Palliser (Cashmere Radio) + Loes Verstappen (Extra Extra) + Ģirts Reiniks (Skaņu Mežs) + Tom Roe (Wave Farm) + Oliver Hottner & Markus Rhein (Zustände in München)
Cashmere Radio, 27 June 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/k2n23v39
Extra Extra, ??? Sept 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/5h8b8re6
Radio Naba, 12 December 2023 – https://tinyurl.com/4jk8kfk8
Wave Farm, 13 April 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/ze8aenmy
Zustände in München, 25 April 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/rtnj4y7e
“Sound 2025 – RRRepurpose”
1st to 19th Sept 2025
Mondays to Fridays [only]
Open 11am to 5pm
LCB Depot
31 Rutland Street
Leicester LE1 1RE
The Sound 2025 “RRRepurpose” exhibition at LCB Depot, Leicester, “invites artists, performers and technologists to explore the creative potential of obsolete technology in contemporary sound practice” – featuring “National Grid” sound, video and text artworks by Disinformation. The exhibition includes works by Disinformation, Jake Parry, Andy Jenkinson, Björn Larsson, Gregory Kramer, Sergey Khismatov, Vanya Nesterets, Dillon Bastan, R10 Collective, Sean Clark and Notorische Ruhestoerung, also featuring performances by Steelpan Sam, Vidal Montgomery, Andy Jenkinson and the R10 Collective. Special thanks to Sean Clark and Paul Mazzitelli.
“Language is Meta-Technology” – 8 page feature in the Spring / Summer 2025 issue of Sluice Magazine. The new magazine features artworks and texts from contributors Mark Rohtmaa-Jackson, Meitheal, Disinformation, Tilly Hawkins, Alistair Gentry, Lesley Guy, Theo Turpin, Tash Kahn, Cathy Rose and Karl England…
Yours for a tenner – https://sluice.bigcartel.com/product/world-building
According to Karl England, “the best-selling issue we’ve done”!
Quote: “If you want to hear the voices of the deceased, talking to you, personally, then visit a library…”
Thanks to Aya (Sinclair) + Jonnine Standish & Nigel Yang (HTRK) + Bana Haffar & Mike Harding + Sonic Commune (Agents of the Culture Industry) + Optimal Records
NTS Radio, 6 March 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/3ezwxdfs
Dublab, 1 September 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/36zx3y3x
Resonance Extra, 17 December 2023 – https://tinyurl.com/23dj8th9
NTS Radio, 10 January 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/3rvr6vw5
Radio 80K, 17 May 2024 – https://tinyurl.com/yfzedeut
Following the Upplýsingafölsun Hlustunarpartý at Mengi, Reykjavik, in March 2016, which featured the Disinformation “Stargate” recordings (shortwave radio noise from the sun, first published in 1996), the Sluice Expo at LungA Skólinn, Seyðisfjörður, May 2025, features the Disinformation sound artwork “National Grid” (electromagnetic noise from live mains electricity, published on the same “Stargate” LP in 1996) –
https://sluice.info/events/seydisfjordur
The programming of “National Grid” is particularly appropriate, since Iceland’s first mains AC distribution network was powered by the hydro-electric plant at Fjarðaselsvirkjun, Seyðisfjörður, with the lights switching on in Seyðisfjörður in October 1913 –
https://nat.is/fjardarsel-power-plant/
The Sluice Radio programme features the “National Grid” audio documentary (recorded for the Listening Arts Channel, March 2021); alongside programming by Cos Ahmet, There Are No Birds Here, Keh Ng, Ruth Jones, Beth Ross, Kimbal Bumstead, LungA School, Corridor8, Yarmonics, Matthew Stock, Will Gresson, Iulia Boșcu, Contemporary Quarters, Elena Botts, Ari Kerssens, Geography of Colour, TLK, Ambitions Graveyard, Josh Hall, Jay Goodbrave, Meitheal, Sarah Wishart, Oliver Payne, Tazelaar Stevenson, Leslie Deere, Jim Ricks, Stuart Bowditch, Nicola Colclough, Lucie Biek, Julian Carandini and Alan Dunn.
The Sluice Film programme also features the “National Grid” video installation (commissioned by Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, for exhibition in November 2001); alongside film and video works by the artists Klāvs Liepiņš, Christina Bennett, Liz Blum, Paul Vivian, Marie Therese Ross, Marcia Teusink, Nicolas Middleton, Fran Hayes, Seán Talbot, Sophia Archontis, User07453677, Rieko Whitfield, Jesse May Fisher, Zach Oakman, Simon Lee Dicker, Liberty Smith, Coleman Stewart, Sandra Crisp, Alex Pearl and Parham Ghalamdar.
Disinformation + Rorschach Audio 