A project for the British Science Festival (11-15 September 2024). Silences recorded by Alya, Huma Butt, Faisal Butt, Nina Coulson, Layla Glantz, Ju Gosling, Dan Horrigan, Richard Ireland, Angus McKenzie-Davie, Alison Marchant, Pippa Marshall, Julie Newman, Rob Punton, Ben Rogers, Kate Rolison, Glory Sengo, Eve Smith, Helen Smith, Margaret Spence and Renée Wallen. Silences mixed by Ju Gosling aka ju90 using FinalCutPro and Muzz visualiser.

Click here to read The Sounds of Silence by Alison Marchant. Click here to read poems about Silence by participants in Together! 2012 CIC’s Pop-Up Poetry Club. Scroll down for Isolte Avila’s The Sounds of Silence film-dance.

To join in from home, close the windows and doors of the room that you spend most time in, switch off the TV and radio, record a minute or more of ‘silence’ and upload it to your socials with the hashtag #TheSoundsofSilence A suggested post is: #TheSoundsofSilence – here’s a minute of mine for @BritishSciFest & @ukdpctogether/@together2012cic https://www.together2012.org.uk/activities-programme/2024-events-programme/the-sounds-of-silence/

Click here to read more about the project and how to record sound at home.

The Sounds of Silence by Isolte Avila of The Signdance Group for Together! 2012 CIC and the British Science Festival.