Different Sounds invite Scotland’s Sonica festival to present a diverse range of contemporary UK sound, music and digital arts in Lublin in July 2025.
Outdoor sound installation Sing the Gloaming is a project on light, language and landscape, created by Simon Kirby, Tommy Perman and Rob St. John. Audiences hear the word "ghlei," the ancient root of modern words for ‘light.’ Featuring some of Scotland’s most renowned vocalists - Aidan Moffat, Emily Scott, SHHE, Hanna Tuuliki and Andrew Wasylyk. An immersive and family-friendly work encouraging audiences to explore at their own pace.
Polish audiovisual artist and composer Ela Orleans performs Night Voyager. Set to soaring music featuring live synthesiser, theremin, vocals and violin, Night Voyager features NASA archive footage of the 1969 Apollo moon mission, matching the astronauts’ emotional journey with fragments of Night Thoughts a collection of extended poetic mediations written by Edward Young in 1742
Dopey Monkey is a collaboration between Scottish composers and musicians Martin Lee Thomson (Euphonium) and Danielle Price (Tuba) and local Polish musicians. Following workshops held in Lublin in 2024, they present a new collaborative pop-up music work around the city, blending musical genres, drawing inspiration from visual arts and storytelling.
Sonica is produced by Cryptic Glasgow.