Past Event
Access requirements
The Whitechapel Gallery is committed to making all of our events as accessible as possible for every audience member. Please contact access@whitechapelgallery.org if you would like to discuss a particular request and we will gladly discuss with you the best way to accommodate it.
Information about access on site at the gallery is available here https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/visit/access/
This includes information about Lift access; Borrowing wheelchairs & seating; Assistance Animals; Parking; Toilets and baby care facilities; Blind & Partially Sighted Visitors; Subtitles and transcripts; British Sign Language (BSL) and hearing induction loops; Deaf Messaging Service (DMS).
About This Event
This event takes place in Zilkha Auditorium at Whitechapel Gallery, located on the ground floor.
This event lasts approximately 1.5 hours. There are no rest breaks currently scheduled during this event.
You must book a ticket to attend the event.
If the ticket price affects your attendance, please email tickets@whitechapelgallery.org to be added to the guest list (no questions asked, but dependent on availability).
We are unable to provide British Sign Language interpretation for this event
We are unable to provide live closed captioning or CART for this event.
An audio recording of the event can be obtained by emailing publicprogrammes@whitechapelgallery.org following the event.
Transport
To the best of our knowledge, there are no planned disruptions to local transport on the date of the event.
Our nearest train station – Aldgate East Underground (1 min) is not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are Whitechapel (15 min), Shoreditch High Street (15 min) or Liverpool Street (15 min).
Free parking for Blue Badge holders is available at the top of Osborn Street in the pay and display booths for an unlimited period. Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis.
Live Recording
Please note: we audio record all events for the Whitechapel Gallery Archive and possible future online publication via Soundcloud.
Join this live recording of Jenny Pengilly in conversation with Sophie Chapman and Andy Cowton.
The panel will speak to the influence and importance of Foley and DIY sound practices on their own work and speculate on the ways in which the sensorial and atmosphere building qualities of sonic practices and radical listening can engender experimental creative communities, offer accessible methods of engagement and intergenerational collaboration.
Jenny Pengilly is a multidisciplinary artist working in learning and social engagement. Her work predominantly focuses on the medium of the ‘art workshop’ and the use of affective materials and making to facilitate play, experimentation, collaboration and mutual growth and exchange with children, young people, families and adults. Jenny is interested in the interactions, processes and objects that emerge from these engagements and exploring how they could be creatively expanded and shared.
Jenny holds an MA Art and Design in Education Institute of Education and has worked with organisations such as Tate Kids, Bow Arts, Royal College of Art, Heart and Soul, Royal Academy of Art, Museum of the Home and South London Gallery amongst other arts, learning and community organisations. Jenny is co-director of Joy For Stuff, a social art project and sound art duo and is a co-founder of Electronic Audio Club, a peer-led community group exploring DIY electronic audio projects based at TACO! gallery.
Sophie Chapman is an interdisciplinary artist and organiser from Newcastle, living and working in London. She makes experimental performance, drawing, video, music and writing. Sophie’s work moves through sprawling connections and resonances between linguistics, queer theory, pseudoscience, somatics, community work, internet philosophy and pop culture. She is drawn to phenomena and experiences which feel intangible, hard to grasp or articulate. Sophie founded MINCE, a queer WIP night, to create sweaty, imperfect, collective space for testing live ideas and is the Managing Director of the queer liberation ensemble F*Choir.
Andy Cowton has been composing for film and television for over 20 years. Having originally trained in dance and theatre at Dartington College of Arts Andy switched camps after joining agitprop industrial music group Test Dept and studying electro-acoustic music with composer Barry Anderson. Cowton has collaborated as a composer and sound designer working on many different award winning projects spanning film, contemporary dance, documentaries, art installations and tv commercials.
