:: THE OUTER FUTURE AFTERNOON PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2025 :: BARBICAN CINEMA 1 :: 2.00pm-5.00pm

14:00 PERFORMANCE

LIVE ON-STAGE PERFORMANCE

:: HATIS NOIT (Japanese Voice Artist)

14:25 IN-CONVERSATION

RITUAL OVER SPECTACLE - WHEN PERFORMANCE BECOMES PORTAL

:: HOSTED BY KATE FLEUR YOUNG (Artist)

:: SAM LEE (ARTIST)

:: ILĀ (ARTIST)

— OVERVIEW: An immersive conversation about how sound, not just performance, can shift consciousness, open connection, and turn live experience into something ritualistic and shared. This conversation explores what happens when sound becomes more than performance - when it opens a shared space between artist and audience.

14:55 SCREENING

BEATIE WOLFE :: SMOKE & MIRRORS

‘Smoke and Mirrors’ by BEATIE WOLFE uses art to communicate 6 decades of climate data, specifically rising methane levels (Smoke), set alongside the verbatim advertising slogans deployed by the Big Oil industry to deny, doubt, and delay (Mirrors) climate awareness through the decades, starting from 1970 until present day.

15:05 panel

RESHAPING CULTURE : HOW MUSIC MOVES PEOPLE, POWER & PLACE (In association with AFEM)

:: CATHY RUNCIMAN (Co-Executive Director, EarthPercent)

:: RACHEL GRACE ALMEIDA (Deputy Editor, Resident Advisor)

:: EMMA BARTHOLOMEW (Ambassador IN PLACE OF WAR)

:: KERI PERKINS (Trustee & Board Member - BRIDGES FOR MUSIC)

:: Moderated by FINLAY JOHNSON (CEO Association for Electronic Music)

— OVERVIEW: Exploring how music can be a force for cultural, environmental, and social transformation, shaping identity, influencing systems of power, and reimagining the relationship between artists, communities and the planet.

15:35 screening

:: TAKKUUK BY BICEP X IN PLACE OF WAR X EARTHSONIC

Excerpts from TAKKUUK - the new immersive installation by BICEP, visual artist Zak Norman and filmmaker Charlie Miller, created in partnership with the charity In Place of War as part of their EarthSonic project

15:45 BREAK

SHORT BREAK

15:55 PANEL

ONE CITY, ONE FREQUENCY - LONDON’S SONIC PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

:: KATE SIMKO (Electronic Music Producer, Film Composer, DJ & Live Performer)

:: QUENTIN CHAMBERS (Managing Director, OPENLAB)

:: RUFY GHAZI (Audience Strategies, Fair Play, Abbey Road REDD)

:: Moderated by KATE HUTCHINSON (Journalist, Broadcaster & DJ)

— OVERVIEW: London has always shapeshifted through sound, but what happens next?

16:25 the future of music: a collective reflection

:: DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

17:00 CLOSE

VIEW MORNING PROGRAMME HERE THE INNER FUTURE SESSIONS 10AM-1PM