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Duncan Whitley
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Film/ Sound/ Contemporary Art. Kimberlin / Phoenix City 2021 / Vanishing Point. Postgraduate studies in sound, space & democracy.
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In "Sound, power and participation: A conversation on the aurality of the House of Commons", @duncanwhitley.bsky.social explores how the sounding cultures of the House of Commons affect whose voices are heard. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A short article here structured as a conversation with sociologist Nirmal Puwar, discussing my practice research to understand how the sound cultures of the House of Commons impact on participation in debate. doi.org/10.1177/1367...

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Sound, power and participation: A conversation on the aurality of the House of Commons - Duncan Whitley, 2025
This article, structured as a conversation with Nirmal Puwar, reflects on my practice research into the aurality of the House of Commons. The research explores ...
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Interview with my good friend and collaborator Guido Zen AKA Abul Mogard. BTW if you haven't listened to his latest release Quiet Pieces, I highly recommend it 🔥
July 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@bsky.app please sort the behaviour which autoscrolls to top of feed everytime you close a post. makes the app completely unusable 😔
June 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Super news for Coventry Biennial who have secured £98,000 via National Lottery Project Grants from ‪@artscouncilengland.bsky.social‬ to support Coventry Biennial 2025! 🙌

Keep an eye on www.coventrybiennial.com for programme announcements...

📸 Image shows audiences at Coventry Biennial 2023.
May 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
An astonishing slip(?) from Javier Milei: "they'd better not try to mess with my head, because I can be the bigger psychopath" ("No me psicopateen porque me pongo yo más psicópata"). Probably the first true thing he's said since assuming the Argentine presidency...
May 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
contemporary take on a classic. #Cov '25
May 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
20 years ago on this day the Sky Blues played their final game at Highfield Road. You can listen to the sounds from that day as binaural audio for headphones here: www.thisishighfieldroad.net #PUSB #HighfieldRoad #SoundsOfTheWestTerrace
This Is Highfield Road - Online Sound Archive
"This is Highfield Road” is a documentary sound archive by artist Duncan Whitley. Search the archive to listen to 141 binaural recordings online.
www.thisishighfieldroad.net
April 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hearing that composer Alan Lamb passed away earlier this week. I remember reading an article in The Wire, I think maybe 1997 as I was studying Fine Art at the time, about his experiments with sound and wire. Night Passage, incredible work room40.bandcamp.com/album/night-...
Night Passage, by Alan Lamb
3 track album
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April 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A link here to the latest Dossier from @mediapolis.bsky.social 'Projection Activism - the Right to the City in Mediated Space', edited by Giorgia Rizzioli 👇 Some great reading on video projection & the politics of public space here www.mediapolisjournal.com/dossiers/dos...
Dossier: Projection Activism — the Right to the City in Mediated Space
Edited by Giorgia Rizzioli Giorgia Rizzioli, Introduction – Urban Light, Activist Fight: Redesigning Spaces of Change Giorgia Rizzioli introduces the Projection Activism dossier with some …
www.mediapolisjournal.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Super pleased to see this article out there, reflecting on iterations of Phoenix City 2021 & its modes of engagement. With the brilliant @mel3artpubsphere.bsky.social, featuring in the new issue of #Mediapolis journal 👇 www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/04/phoe... @postdigitalcultures.org
Phoenix City 2021: Art, Regeneration, and Counter-Atmospheres in the UK City of Culture
Phoenix City 2021 explores the role of art in Coventry’s regeneration. Duncan Whitley and Mel Jordan discuss the various iterations of the film and the potential for site-based artworks to challenge p...
www.mediapolisjournal.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A few days after the Electric Cinema marked the first anniversary of its sudden closure, Historic England have announced the decision not to recommend the building for listing... Some thoughts here from Flatpack Festival #Birmingham #IndependentCinema flatpackfestival.org.uk/news/electri...
Electric Cinema Update: Historic England Decision
flatpackfestival.org.uk
March 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A sad goodbye to Meter Room studios today. 13 years providing low cost studios w/ space for site-responsive & exhibitions work in central Coventry, born as Daniel Pryde-Jarman's PhD project in the city. Found this beautiful gesture from studio holder Sam Kelly this afternoon...
February 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Hello! We're the Centre for Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University. We are a centre of researchers and postgraduates who aim to reimagine 21st century postdigital societies and their cultural institutions at a local, national and planetary level.
January 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
FYI Cov/ Warks based artists and orgs... good news Coventry Biennial is offering new artist studio provision in Leamington Spa. A number of studios available in a Georgian villa near Jephson Gardens. Pls share! #ArtistStudios #Warwickshire #Coventry www.coventrybiennial.com/2025/01/09/w...
We've got studios! Join us!
Our mission statement includes the lines: “Activating spaces, exchanges & experiences” and “With Coventry, it’s neighbours & beyond” To date, that has largely been delivered through our commissionin...
www.coventrybiennial.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM