SARC is the spiritual home of Sonorities, housing many of the events and performances of the festival. Please check the event description to see which of SARCs venues will be in use.

 

Exhibition

SARC Gallery

The Gallery at SARC is a new space for immersive, audio-visual and physical interaction artistic practice. An intimate space, with concealed equipment offers four-side projection and surround sound. The gallery programme for Sonorities was curated from an overwhelming response to...
Exhibition

SARC Installations

Seven works to explore throughout the SARC building **Festival volunteers will be on hand to guide you from the SARC Foyer** SARC Foyer: Susannah Knights – Tunis Cassette: a pop-up listening station Stage Box: Annie Dunning – Cochlea II Interaction...
Featuring

Sara Constant
Sound Walk

An Acoustic Commons of the East Atlantic Flyway: Belfast

Thur 16th April 2026
11am-12:30pm + 2.30pm-4pm
Other SARC
A site-specific sound walk and participatory performance in Botanic Gardens. Meet in the SARC foyer. The project considers how we share space with other species, specifically wild local songbirds in urban areas. It will be focused on birds that migrate...
Featuring

Catherine Clover
Exhibition

SARC Mobile - Cameron Clarke

Thur 16th April 2026
3:30pm, 3:50pm, 4:10pm, 4:30pm
Other SARC
Meet in SARC lobby. A bespoke field work vehicle for specialised multichannel audio-visual experiences, recording and broadcast, this unique facility combine professional multichannel HD audio-visual capturing and streaming equipment as well as an immersive playback system allowing for research, dissemination...
Featuring

Cameron Clarke
Sound Walk

Ancestors Walking

Fri 17th April 2026
11am-11:45am + 2.30pm-3:15pm
Other SARC
‘Ancestors Walking’ is a sound walk, a workshop, and a performance at the same time, which highlights the meditative quality of the sound-walking practice. Meet in the SARC foyer. Bring a device which can download/play/stream audio files, alongside your headphones/earphones,...
Featuring

Una Lee
Performance

LEZU

Sat 18th April 2026
2:15-2:35pm & 5-5:20pm
Other SARC
Two short performances coinciding with the LEZU installation running all day on Saturday as part of SARC Installations. LEZU transforms the Armenian alphabet into a multisensory performance of sound and visuals. Using two custom-built controllers, one with sliders and buttons...