Gut Level Presents: Open Deck Listening Session with Ashley Holmes
performance • 05 Sep 2023 6:30pm–9pm
Listening session with artist Ashley Holmes within our Wishful Thinking exhibition.
The listening session provides space to collectively listen to and hold discussions around relationships to music, sound, memory and oral histories.
At each session there is a turntable, mixer, laptop and aux cable, and participants are invited to share their own choice of music or sounds that means something to them, or is associated with a particular memory or story.
You can find a link to a Spotify playlist of previous contributions here.
This event will take place within Site Gallery’s summer exhibition Wishful Thinking. Participants will be able to take part in the session within our soft sculpture designed by Site Gallery’s youth collective The Society of Explorers.
Accessibility
This event will take place on the ground floor of our building and is wheelchair accessible. There are accessible toilets on the same floor. If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to improve your visit please email peter.martin@sitegallery.org.
Artists
Ashley Holmes
Ashley Holmes (b. Luton, 1990) is an interdisciplinary artist working across moving image, installation, performance, music and radio broadcasts.
Holmes studied at Sheffield Hallam University graduating with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 2013. Recent selected exhibitions include; Survey, Jerwood Arts, London, UK; …and their tooth, finest gold, Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland; Cry Then Win Then Lose Reaction, Two Queens, Leicester, UK (solo) ; Money Cyant Fool Them Again 1.1, Basel, Switzerland (solo) ; Starless Midnight, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
Gut Level
Primarily based around club events and workshops, Gut Level’s activity gives a platform to individuals who are underrepresented in the music industry, namely queer/LGBTQ+, women and non-binary people. The space was founded in response to the lack of financially accessible, queer friendly, late night venues in Sheffield. They believe in keeping things affordable, championing local talent and grassroots promoters.