A CENTURY OF SOUNDS:LIVE HIGHLIGHTS
On Friday 27 February 2026 we launched the Century of Sounds project at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, taking over the museum for the evening - here are some of the highlights. The event was promoted with Oxford Contemporary Music.
The event featured seven live performances, two conversation panels with artists in conversation with the curatorial team, musical instrument handling and samplers loaded with recordings from the museum. The entire project was hosted in a "sound shower" installation that remains part of the Pitt Rivers collection.
A CENTURY OF SOUNDSLIVE PHOTOS
Selected photography from the Century of Sounds live event – all photos by Ian Wallman. Click on the photos to see them full size.
A CENTURY OF SOUNDS:IN CONVERSATION
Two fascinating panel discussions were held, with artists discussing their process and working creatively with ethnographic sound recordings, presented by the Pitt Rivers curatorial team. Here we present those conversations in full as podcast episodes.
Panel 1:
Laura Irving
laura dymphna
Nick Drake
presented by Christopher Morton
Panel 2:
Ilaria Boffa
Salma Ahmed Caller
Neil Spencer Bruce
presented by Philip Grover
