GLE4M returns 25-26 May

Published: 24 May 2023

GLE4M Festival returns with two days of concerts and specially-curated listening spaces in and around the Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow. The festival is a collaboration between the 4M netlabel and the Dear Green Bothy, which focuses on environmentally-conscious arts practices working at the intersection of technology and sustainability.

GLE4M Festival returns with two days of concerts and specially-curated listening spaces in and around the Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow. 

The festival is a collaboration between the 4M netlabel and the Dear Green Bothy, which focusses on environmentally-conscious arts practices working at the intersection of technology and sustainability. Join us for two days of concerts, screenings and installations, exploring the ways in which creative practice can respond to and engage with ecological crises. The event will include work by visiting artists and researchers, as well as performances and presentations by staff and students working in these or related fields.

All events are free and unticketed – all welcome.

 

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PROGRAMME:

 

Thursday 25th May:

12pm – Lunchtime concert and 4M release launch

Featuring: Darren Gallacher, Cat Hawthorn, Simon Whitehead, Fraser Rowan, Laura Tansley and Gareth John, sleeper self and Sophie Barcan.

 

2pm – The Dear Green Listening Space

A specially-curated series of works from an open call on listening out for the impact of humanity on the environment.

 

8pm – GLE4M at night

Featuring performances from Nichola Scrutton, Ingrid Plum, and Adriana Minu with friends Jer Reid, Fritz Welch, Ceylan Hay, Kevin Leomo, Iain Findlay-Walsh, Rita Pacheco, Paul Michael Henry and David Moré

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Friday 26th May:

12pm – Lunchtime concert

Featuring: Steven David Myles, Jordan Henderson, Rhobet Blackburn, Ashleigh Fournier-Kelleher, and Stevie Jones.

 

2pm – The Dear Green Listening Space

A specially-curated series of works from an open call on listening out for the impact of humanity on the environment.

 

7pm doors/bar open, 8pm – VOLTZ

Curated by Laurie Pitt, VOLTZ is a laser show with a series of invited guest performers, including Measure Maniacs (Aimo Scampa and Ewa Justka), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, The Modern Institute, and Jack Wrigley

 

10pm – closing party, DJ sets, and drinks.


First published: 24 May 2023