A Kind of Hush: Encounters in Sound and Listening
Overview
Catcher Media present their new project A Kind of Hush, which takes place in the centre of Hereford from 14th-16th November 2025. Join us for a series of listening activities featuring gong baths, a den sculpture, kissa-bar DJ sessions and an oral history workshop alongside sound and video installations.
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A Kind of Hush encourages conversation, relaxation, play, sanctuary and a sense of connection. We are offering a much-needed temporary disconnection from our noisy, information-overloaded, screen-based world via a series of immersive and communal listening experiences.
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With 30 years of participatory work involving recording and listening attentively to people’s stories and experiences, we recognise the value of these skills and want to invite people to celebrate the art of listening. This pilot project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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HR1 2DR
Trinity Square
Hereford HR1 2DR United Kingdom
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Friday 14th Nov: Sound 'Gong' Bath
Lizzie invites you to take some time for yourself and allow the deep immersive sounds of gongs to lead you into an all-encompassing sound meditation. Giving your thinking mind the chance to rest as gentle vibrations from the gongs wash through the body. Hence this form of sound therapy being given the name: gong bath. No water involved! Booking and subsidised payment required.
Friday 14th Nov: General opening
DROP IN. DEN: Julia will create a site responsive den sculpture which invites people to have playful and meaningful conversations within its calming space, a special place of reflection and contemplation. Stay a while and enjoy new connections and rediscover the joy of den-dwelling. INTERACTIVE FUN: Bear will be premiering a new sound installation based on the esoteric world of church bell ringing and a new interactive sound machine that invites the audience to a co-operative listening game based on bell-ringing patterns. Don’t miss a chance to have a go on Bear’s self-build ping-pong orchestra. FILM: Rick is better known as a participatory film-maker, but this video installation showcases a different side of his film-making practice, a more personal one. The piece still involves a participatory element, as it explores the act of listening as an intensely individual and nuanced human activity. FREE entry.
Saturday 15th Nov: Sound "Gong" Bath
Lizzie invites you to take some time for yourself and allow the deep immersive sounds of gongs to lead you into an all-encompassing sound meditation. Giving your thinking mind the chance to rest as gentle vibrations from the gongs wash through the body. Hence this form of sound therapy being given the name: gong bath. No water involved! Booking and Booking and subsidised payment required.
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