London's Burning Talks Series

This is the listening to the audio version of the Lumiere photography competition webpage.

This is the audio version of the Artist Open Call Information Pack for The Gallery, Season 5. Find out more here: thegallery.org.uk

Esta é a versão em áudio do Regulamento para The Gallery Season 5. Saiba mais em: thegallery.org.uk

This is the audio version of the Lumiere 2025 Facilitation Trainee Job Pack. Find out more via: https://www.lumiere-festival.com/take-part/facilitation-traineeship/

Communications Assistant Job Pack - Audio Version by artichoketrust

Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were growing up? The answer was probably influenced by what you were exposed to from the media, family and friends to social and political issues. Or maybe, a future career simply wasn't on your radar. We sat down with Artichoke Producers Tilda Verrells and James Bickers to talk to them about their latest experience at a Career Day.

This is the audio version of the BRILLIANT 2025 Information Pack. Listen for more information about the national commissioning scheme, part of Lumiere Durham 2025.

We caught up with Tasnim Mahdy, artist and facilitator of Artichoke's Summer School workshops, whose socially engaged art practice spans a multitude of mediums.

The Venice Biennale returned this year under the evocative theme Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere. Although it opened in April, there is still plenty of time to visit as it is on until the end of November. Don't miss your chance to experience the powerful and thought-provoking works at the 2024 Venice Biennale. With its compelling theme and diverse array of artists, this year's exhibition offers a unique opportunity to engage with works that challenge and inspire. Discover our guide and make your plans to visit before time runs out.

An interview with Lumiere's BRILLIANT artist, Emma Griffiths: 'The deaf community is such a diverse spectrum and, for me, what's important is trying to bring light to that.'

Audio version of Job Pack | Facilitation Traineeship by artichoketrust

Artichoke's Head of Trusts & Foundations Emily Turner has worked at Artichoke since 2017. We asked Emily to give us her top tips on where to find grant opportunities, how to apply and the important do's and don'ts. Read the full article here: www.artichoke.uk.com/top-tips-for-writing-your-funding-application

For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.artichoke.uk.com/executive-assistant/

The Drop (2023), a beacon of light and sound by internationally renowned, UK lighting designer Phil Supple for L:umiere 2023. Beams, patterns and lights, choreographed to a lively musical score composed by collaborator and sound artist Toby Park, illuminated the full height of the Auckland Tower in Bishop Auckland.

HERD is a musical and sculptural odyssey of epic proportions devised by Orlando Gough, bringing together community of makers, hundreds of local schoolchildren and many hundreds more members of music groups and soloists. Created with their own unique character, the 23 larger-than-life sheep are popping up across the district of Kirklees ths week, singing original compositions created especially for this project. Learn all about the technical process behind HERD's evocative soundscapes in this interview with expert sound designers, Sebastian Frost and John Del'Nero.

60-40 by Michael Roche (vocals) Explanations avoid confrontations by The First ones (Doug James – Guitar + Lead vocals, Dan James – Bass + Backing vocals, Will Wright – Drums + Backing vocals) Get on your knees by Sam Butterfield (Guitar and vocals) High School by Mason White (vocals) Yet by Mason White (vocals) I Won't Let Her Go by Slutty Mary (Michael and Charlotte) Parallel Universe by The First ones (Doug James – Guitar + Lead vocals, Dan James – Bass + Backing vocals, Will Wright – Drums + Backing vocals) Imaginary Death by Tillie-Mai Hawker The Future is the Future by East Bierly Primary School (Year 5 & Debo/Donovan Brown) Into the Future Just Take a Look by Robbertown Primary School (Year 5 & Debo/Donovan Brown) With thanks to all the young people who submitted songs to be included in Jiggit's soundscape, Yorkshire Youth & Music and Vibration Studios

With only one day until #HERD2023 launches as part of Kirklees Year of Music, we spoke to Huddersfield-based artist Dave Young, the creator of the 23 musical sheep sculptures that will soon appear in surprising places across the beautiful Kirklees countryside and towns…

In conversation with Tony Heaton by artichoketrust

A Telling of Light is a special new commission to memorialise and commemorate the huge number of lives lost to Covid in the UK during the course of the pandemic, the work will reflect and recognise the magnitude of this loss and specifically the loss of breath.

Development Assistant Job Description by artichoketrust

Audio version of the Lumiere Durham 2021 Producer (Freelance) job application form

Audio version of the Lumiere Durham 2021 Producer (Freelance) job application form

You’ve got a bright idea. What next? We’re sharing our top 10 tips for creating a standout BRILLIANT application. This is your chance to showcase your creativity at the UK’s leading light festival alongside some of the world’s most renowned light artists. BRILLIANT is a project that will pay successful applicants to create a new artwork using light. The best six ideas will be created with support from the festival production team and exhibited at Lumiere 2021 in Durham. You do not need any previous experience to apply. You just need a brilliant idea! The deadline for applications is Thursday, 11th February, 9am.

BRILLIANT is commissioning project, which will pay successful applicants to make new light artwork for the Lumiere 2021 festival programme. We want people to apply with their brightest idea for an artwork that uses light. Anyone can apply - you don't need to be an artist!

Peace Camp, Deborah Warner in collaboration with Fiona Shaw, 2012. Soundscape composed and re-edited for broadcast by Mel Mercier. Sound design by John Del'Nero Produced by Artichoke

At the top of The Monument, actor Simon Callow reads extras from John Dryden's poem, Annus Mirabilis and reflects on life in London 1666. Part of the talks series for London's Burning, a festival of arts and ideas for Great Fire 350, a season of events commemorating the Great Fire of London.

During the London’s Burning festival, audiences were invited to experience 'Holoscenes', a five hour underwater performance installation inspired by the threat we face from rising sea levels. Join Artichoke Director Helen Marriage as she discusses art and crisis with artist Lars Jan and Judith Knight (co-Director of ArtsAdmin), exploring how each of them use art to respond to issues impacting the world today. Part of the talks series for London's Burning, a festival of arts and ideas for Great Fire 350, a season of events commemorating the Great Fire of London.

Three speakers each share their own responses on the theme of 'fire' for 15 minutes each. Featuring: Actor and writer Joshua Levine, author of 'The Secret Blitz'. Becci Bryant, the first female Chief Fire Officer to have risen through the ranks. Ed Galea, founding director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group. Part of the talks series for London's Burning, a festival of arts and ideas for Great Fire 350, a season of events commemorating the Great Fire of London.

Recorded at the Barbican, hear from three speakers: Dr John Drury, is Deputy Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange (Impact) in the University of Sussex’s School of Psychology. Philip Collins, a British journalist, academic, banker and speechwriter. A columnist and chief leader writer for The Times, Phil is also the chair of the board of trustees at the independent think tank Demos and a visiting fellow at University College, Oxford. Prior to joining the national newspaper, he was the chief speechwriter for the former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Elif Shafak is Turkey's most-read woman writer and an award-winning novelist. She has published thirteen books, nine of which are novels, blending Western and Eastern traditions of storytelling, bringing out the voices of women, minorities, subcultures, immigrants and global souls. Hosted by 5x15’s Eleanor O’Keeffe. Part of the talks series for London's Burning, a festival of arts and ideas for Great Fire 350, a season of events commemorating the Great Fire of London.