The first UK showing of Acoustics of Resistance, a new project by Mikhail Karikis focusing on the climate emergency and exploring listening as a form of climate care, solidarity and activism.

Combining archival visual material, climate modelling, experimental and folk music, the project reflects on our collective responsibility and invites us to rejoice in the transformative power of sound and to tune into the sounds of nature and socio-political change.

The Weather Orchestra, a 3 channel video installation will transform the gallery space into an indoor weather system. Our deep relationship and entanglement with the weather, and our connection to the atmosphere and the earth are revealed through singing and vibration.

Mikhail Karikis is a Greek/British artist based in London and Lisbon. His work in moving image, sound, performance and other media is exhibited in leading contemporary art biennials, museums including the TATE and Whitechapel Gallery, and film festivals internationally. Karikis' varied practice encompasses video, installation, performance and sound. Increasingly, the artist has been using film as a way to ‘contain, capture, document and explore’ auditory culture. Of particular interest to Karikis are anarchic nonsense sounds – whistles, shouts, hisses and sighs – that are beyond the rules of ordinary verbal communication. 

Lower Gallery
Working in collaboration with THG’s Create our Space’ Youth Network, the artist will also recreate Surging Seas an installation of text, maps, sound, and tools of protest to capture specific environmental threats unique to East Devon.

Delivered in partnership with the University of Exeter and Honiton Community College