Cryptic Nights: HUMMM // Panagkamarerwa

Cryptic Nights presents HUMMM by Alexandra Bell and Panagkamarerwa by Jules Leaño.

Artist and composer Alexandra Bell presents HUMMM, a multi-channel sound installation made up of sculptural forms with different acoustic properties. As audiences move through the space, sound shifts depending on where they stand, how close they are, and how they position their bodies, turning listening into an active, physical experience. Reflecting on how information is shaped and shared, the work draws loose parallels between political discourse in contemporary Britain and the 1920s Weimar Republic. Blending abstract sound with familiar fragments, HUMMM invites audiences to explore how the meaning of information subtly changes depending on how and where we listen.

Filipino-Scottish artist and visual anthropologist Jules Leaño presents Panagkamarerwa, an expanded cinema work inspired by Filipino traditions of remembering the dead. Using analogue film projectors, she combines Super 8 found footage with personal archive material to explore memory, climate change and political history. The act of projection becomes a kind of ritual, where images from the past change and deteriorate through time, challenging our collective histories. Unpredictable and hands-on, the process highlights the texture and fragility of analogue film, offering a slower, more reflective alternative to today’s fast-moving digital images.

Please note: This is a bring your own drinks event.

Venue: 5 Florence St, Glasgow, G5 0YX

Tickets: £5

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