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For independent and adventurous visions, creative engagement & critical exploration in sound and music from Aotearoa/NZ. www.audiofoundation.org.nz

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For this 20th iteration of Office Ambience, members of The Observatory Project will be setting up their cloud chamber for the observation of cosmic radiation passing through The Audio Foundation, and discussing their Adaptable Sound Interferometry Equipment (A SINE).

SATURDAY 2PM, KOHA

12.08.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow, 8PM! Members free

The Obfuscators: hot new band in town fronted by the enigmatic performance artist Taekyung Seo

Drorgan: everyone’s favourite drums & organ duo of Ben Holmes & Hermione Johnson

Outerspace Food Fight: plunderphonical zero-gravity grooves by Neil Feather & Rosie Langabeer

08.08.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Second iteration tomorrow, 7pm! Koha appreciated

05.08.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For CLOUD ABOVE, CLOUD BELOW, The Observatory Project (NZ) and Fernando Cremades (ES) have observed two clouds inside glass chambers at the antipodes of the Earth: drawing a line between Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa and Madrid in Spain.

Opens: Thursday 7 August, 5:30pm

01.08.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Friday, August 1 at 8PM
Koha appreciated

29.07.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOMUS (Spain/Australia)
COREY FOGEL (US)
With
hUNrEDpERcNT
Thurday 31 July, 8PM @ AF
Presales from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social

25.07.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SOMETHING AWKWARD (GRIEF:: distorted) A public lecture series toward Matike Mai

Tonight, 6-8PM: The second session in this public lecture series toward Matike Mai, hosted by the Pākehā collective of The Tīpuna Project @ Audio Foundation
Register below
events.humanitix.com/something-aw...

21.07.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Audio Foundation introduces..

The Not Quite Quiet Choir

An experimental choir exploring extended vocal techniques, improvisation, conduction, graphic scores and more.

Every second Wednesday at 7pm, open to all, no experience necessary.

Koha appreciated

18.07.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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AF & Skirted Records are thrilled to present..

vegetable.machine.animal – β€˜Guest’ album release gig

with:
vegetable.machine.animal
O/PUS
Oksun Ox

Presales $15 + BF
Door sales $20
members free

15.07.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Last call out for board members - inquiries due by Sunday July 13. Please click the link below for more info

11.07.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Two of Aotearoa’s most rungle hardware acts are joining forces for a mid-winter tour across the country this July. Armed with new releases and a reckless lack of MIDI cables, longtime pals Synthetic Children and Diesel Jenny are packing gear into the whip for a trip up and down the motu.

10.07.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friday 11 July, 8PM @ Audio Foundation
Presales from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Members free

08.07.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This evening from 5:30pm, alongisde 'Social Objects' by Eamon Sprod

03.07.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three years ago, Ron Gallipoli’s β€˜field opera’ AN IMPOSTER made its debut to a startled and beguiled public. Now we gather to celebrate the publishing of AN IMPOSTER: the book.
Performance by Ron Gallipoli + For The Girl Who Has Everything
Weds 2 July, 7:30PM @ AF
Free

01.07.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Silvia Torozzi / Deborah Walker β€” Soundbleed Online Journal WHERE STRANGE ART LIVES: SILVIA TOROZZI & DEBORAH WALKER By Eddie Giesen Let me share with you a literal underground...

New review up on the Soundbleed Online Journal: 'Where Strange Art Lives' by Eddie Giesen

27.06.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please join us to celebrate the opening of Social Objects, a new installation by Australian artist, Eamon Sprod.

Exhibition opens: Thursday 3 July, 5.30pm, with refreshments by Liberty Brewing
Hours: 12 – 4pm, Tuesday – Saturday
Closes: Saturday 2 August

26.06.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜ORO NGΔ€TAHI HAERE: TO DISCOVER TOGETHER’ by Rāhana Tito-Taylor

Final week to view this exhibition:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12-4pm

24.06.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please join us to mark the opening of Shifting Morphologies, an exhibition borne of a mixed media collaboration between photographer Tony Nyberg & artists Will Gresson & Iulia BoΘ™cu

Exhibition opens: 03.07, 5.30pm, refreshments by Liberty Breweries
Hours: 12 – 4pm, Tuesday – Saturday
Closes: 02.08

23.06.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Call Out for AF Board Members 2025 Do you have a passion for audio art and want to be part of a small but powerful audio-focused creative community? Do you have or want to develop experience in governance? Would you bring a strong sens...

Do you have a passion for audio art and want to be part of a small but powerful audio-focused creative community? Do you have or want to develop experience in governance? Then please consider extending your expression of interest to join us on the AF board.

More info: tinyurl.com/bdeenthx

17.06.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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@kraus.bsky.social presents β€œAlien Soundtrack”, a work-in-progress alternative soundtrack to the film ALIEN (1979). Featuring live electronic music, with projected stills and video loops from the film.

Opening duo by Kraus and Jess Robinson at 5pm

Koha

13.06.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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This Saturday 14 June, Auckland Unitarian Church, 8PM
Presales $20 from Undertheradar
Doorsales $25
Members Free

10.06.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The gallery is closed today, back to regular hours tomorrow 12-4pm.

09.06.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Regional Discrepancies - Spittle, Splatter, Rattle & Tattle from the Pan-Oceanic underground
05-07 June, 2025 @ Audio Foundation

Nightly and 3-Day passes from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social

03.06.2025 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow, 8PM!
$15 Presales from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Members free

03.06.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OUT NOW: πŸ”Š
'GUEST' transforms living data from plants and fungi into voltage, translated into sound via modular synthesizer. Kieran Monaghan responds in real time, creating a feedback loop between human, organism, and machine

PHYSICAL + DIGITAL VIA AFR BANDCAMP

30.05.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight!

29.05.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sculptural instruments and musical assemblages made from single use PET plastic bottles. To make these works, plastic bottles of all shapes and sizes were scavenged from roadsides, recycling bins and recovered from waterways, then put to use as sound makers, resonators and musical activators.

26.05.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rāhana Tito-Taylor (Te Parawhau, Uriroroi, Ngāti Māhuta) presents a series of new puoro mouthpieces and prototypes.

Exhibition opens: Thursday 5 June, 5.30pm, with refreshments by Liberty Breweries
Hours: 12 – 4pm, Tuesday – Saturday
Closes: Saturday 28 June

21.05.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NO BIG SHIPS β€” Soundbleed Online Journal No Big Ships By Iulia BoΘ™cu & Will Gresson This story starts with a chance encounter and ends with a dedication. It concerns a series of...

πŸ“„ New sound work now on the Soundbleed Journal

'No Big Ships' by Iulia BoΘ™cu & Will Gresson

20.05.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Bain & Gabriel White present a new series of performance texts amplifying Everyday Situations through dialogues and word games. Standing Sitting Kneeling Lying invites the public to immerse themselves in & through the language of memory

Exhibition opening and live performance 22.05, 5:30PM

20.05.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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