SOUND/VISION: The Found Sound Sessions

A Celebration at The Co Lab

As we come to the end of our time at The Co Lab, we’re marking the moment with a series of events celebrating the incredible creativity that’s filled this space - supported by the brilliant artists, makers, and dreamers of Leighton Buzzard.

On Friday 21st, join us for The Found Sound Collective, performing a one-of-a-kind sound and vision event featuring instruments crafted by Redfishsounds - mostly built from discarded, unwanted, and found materials from the old Wilko site. Expect strange, beautiful noises, experimental textures, an avant-garde choir, and Spoken Word to carry it all into new sonic territory.

Also performing will be Martyn Simpson, showcasing his collection of weird and wonderful mechanical instruments (you might remember his mind-bending workshop at The Co Lab a few months ago).

In response to the experimental soundscape, live visual artists will create and project evolving visuals throughout the night - turning the space into a living, breathing canvas of sound and vision.

Come celebrate the spirit of The Co Lab - creative, experimental, and community-powered.

Friday 21st at The Co Lab, Leighton Buzzard

More about The Found Sound Collective

Featuring Johnny McSixlegs, Pandora Box, “Eggs” Benedict and Zephyr Brick, the Found Sound Collective performs spontaneous, textural improvisations on instruments crafted from reclaimed materials by @Redfishsounds during a South Side Studios sound-art residency at The Co Lab.

Transforming discarded objects into rich sonic worlds, the ensemble celebrates creativity, renewal, and the beauty of the discarded and forgotten.
@redfishsounds // thefoundsoundcollective@gmail.com

Featuring:

Martyn Simpson

Martyn is an artist living in Leighton Buzzard. Simpson explores and recreates the mechanical music machines of artists. From the unrealised musical ideas and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), the lost intonarumori of Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) to the music sculptures of the Fluxes artist Joe Jones (1934-1993).

Samantha Vale
Sam wears many hats — mother, dancer, movement coach, author, poet and podcast host.
Her training and consultancy business, Improving People, specialises in interpersonal and and emotional intelligence for the workplace.
She is a three times breast cancer survivor and uses poetry and dance to explore connection, identity and what it means to be human.
@samanthavaleUK
@cupsandcourage
www.improvingpeople.co.uk

Thomas Mcdougall
With a new found fondness for the creative arts, Thomas enjoys painting and is part of the Leighton buzzard art society. He has recently exhibited one of his paintings at the southbank centre. He also enjoys expressing himself through poetry and spoken word and performing his poems to music.
@tommcdougall89