8 beats is a sound art festival, which celebrates the diverse methods of sound art and theory and aims to restore emphasis on the act of listening. Playing host to the cream of the international art and music scene, the 2014 event takes its inspiration from John Cage’s famous ‘mostly-silent’ musical works 4’33”. The whole note rests symbolise silence and invite us to listen, whilst colourful and fluid visual elements created with sound represents the constant noise around us.

College brief at Shillington