Day One – Formats[Sue Lynch & Douglas Benford] Session One 29 November 2025 Saturday 4:30pm Session Two 29 November Saturday 6:30pm
Day Two – Informals [Sue Lynch & Douglas Benford & Iris Colomb] Session Three 30 November Sunday 3:30pm Session Four 30 November Sunday 5:30pm
£8 | 6 places only per session | Please email divfuse@gmail.com for tickets
Running Time : 45 minutes approx.
Acoustic improvisations and explorations flowing from artwork and experimental poetry.
Over two days this Sue Lynch and Douglas Benford collaboration is based around performances, incorporating Lynch’s own projected visual art and Colomb’s found text improvisations.
Lynch employs saxophone and flute, whilst Benford uses tenor recorder, accordian, objects and melodica. Performances would encompass accidents and expressions with a multi media slant, as both musicians react to the visual aspects and surreal poetic excursions by Iris Colomb on Day Two.
Stewart Morgan will be recording the performances on Sunday. The concept of Project DIVFUSE curatorial line DIVFUSE Recording Room is to provide an intimate space for live recordings to be carried out, where sound from the outside working yard and the audience might come into the mix.
This is an Open Call for sound based work that may come in the form of: Field Recordings Composition Installation Performance Mixed media Video or a combination of the above
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE SUBMISSION:
1) Text on the each piece/series (300 words maximum). This shall include the name, year and duration of the work.
2) Artists’ bio (200 words maximum)
3) A link to the work. It could be a link to Vimeo for example but please do not send us the file to download.
4) Send the submission through by email to divfuse@gmail.com on or before 23 January 2026.
5) Processing Fee (Non-refundable) : £8. Please put your name as reference and transfer the fee to the following account. You may wish to include a screen shot of payment for record:
Project DIVFUSE Sort Code : 40-18-00 Account Number: 30149381 This is a Business Account
OTHER CONDITIONS:
1) Up to two proposals can be made by each artist (or group of artists who work together).
2) The work or series of work shall be between 40 and 60 minutes long and can be made up of different pieces/parts. An example would be 20 minutes diffusing recording materials plus 20 minutes performance.
3) Selected work will EACH be shown in multiple screening sessions for a weekend (Saturday and Sunday) for free between March and June 2025 at Project DIVFUSE micro digital and multi-media project space, London. There is no payment to the artists but we will offer the following:
* micro gallery space (4m x 2.8m) for exhibition.
* basic equipments for use for the screenings inside the gallery, including 2 x small Genelec speakers on stands, a Genelec subwoofer, a projector and a laptop to play digital file(s) from.
* management of the exhibition including invigilating the space, ticket sales and promotion on social media.
4) Artists whose work is selected will have to make sure that any digital files reach the project space at least a week before the exhibition. Additional information such as images from the work will also be required for social media posting.
5) Artists will be invited to design a poster for their event.
6) Artists who are based in London may be invited to do two sessions of artists talks. Income from the artist’s talk will be split 70/30 between Project DIVFUSE and the artist. This will help to cover some of the overhead costs for running and managing the events.
7) If the work entails performances, again income from ticket sales will be split 70/30 between Project DIVFUSE and the artist.
8) If the work does not require the artist’s presence e.g. only requires diffusion or screening, then all income that may come from ticket sales will go to Project DIVFUSE.
9) No drilling onto the walls is allowed. We can work out other ways of hanging the work if this is required but please bear this in mind when making a submission.