Sat 19 Jul, 2pm-2.45pm & 4-4.45pm
Gallery 2
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Parasound is a hybrid sound and movement performance that continues Will Pegna‘s research into ‘athletic expansion’, as part of his project All Terrain Training. Re-purposing climbing equipment, the performers build a space between pragmatic systems and ethereal summoning, whilst displaying collective sound-making. Violin bows play across industrial wires that keep the Parasound members in collective balance, accompanied by a meditative soundscape of electronic frequencies and collected field recordings in collaboration with Max Frimout. The performance delves into ideals of connectivity—both physical and theoretical—posing questions about nature, behaviour and technology. Blending fantasy with function, Parasound invites audiences into a suspended realm where physical tension, sonic texture and group cohesion converge in a shared, immersive simulation.
Will Pegna is a multidisciplinary artist with a performance practice centred around the collective potential of conceptual movement. With an aim to expand creative sensibilities found within sport, Pegna’s practice combines themes of athletic functionality, artificial harmony, and modern spirituality, proposing new micro-worlds for reflection and response. In 2020, Pegna founded All Terrain Training (ATT), a research-based performance series evolving through a programme of international showings in Berlin, The Hague, Milan, and Seoul, alongside UK performances, collaborations, and workshops. In its formative years, ATT’s movement task focused on connections to the earth and each other, unifying athletic endurance training with ongoing tectonic and glacial vibrations. In 2025, ATT has been developing a new narrative of athleticism, branching into fantasy and function with its new case study, Parasound.
Working predominantly with movement for performance and screen, Pegna’s choreographic approach utilises a system of structured improvisation, gravitating toward a movement language rooted in natural and synthetic questioning. The versatility of Pegna’s practice has seen previous work shown at Arnolfini, Bristol, Saatchi Gallery, London and Windmill Perform in South Korea, as well as online with Nowness and Geoscience Communication.
