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European Journal of Cultural Studies @ejcs-journal.bsky.social · Sep 11

In "Sound, power and participation: A conversation on the aurality of the House of Commons", @duncanwhitley.bsky.social explores how the sounding cultures of the House of Commons affect whose voices are heard. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Sep 2

A short article here structured as a conversation with sociologist Nirmal Puwar, discussing my practice research to understand how the sound cultures of the House of Commons impact on participation in debate. doi.org/10.1177/1367...

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Sound, power and participation: A conversation on the aurality of the House of Commons - Duncan Whitley, 2025

This article, structured as a conversation with Nirmal Puwar, reflects on my practice research into the aurality of the House of Commons. The research explores ...

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Aug 1

An otherwise interesting poll undermined by the omission of kraft cheese slices

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 24

You're sharing the govmts own data in the buildup to elections. He's a fraud leading an autocratic and deeply corrupt govmt. You think what you like.

Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 24

The inflation rate is (allegedly) back down to around 40%, but inflation is up massively. Milei claims this as a win, but I think the inflation rate alone is a very poor measure of quality of living in any case.

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 24

I see it because my partner and her family and friends (also mine) are living it. Honestly it's a nightmare, and I see no credibility in Milei on any level (indeed, he himself has invented biographical details to position himself as a respected economist)

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 24

it doesn't take more than a cursory search of MMM articles to read historic levels of poverty now above 50% of the population. The rest you would need to read Argentine press to follow public transport hikes, dereg of rental laws etc. which mean landlords can charge in dollars and so forth

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 24

No. of ppl in poverty has risen sharply under Milei. Food costs up, public transport costs up by multiples, rents deregulated & out of control. Milei claims he's taming inflation (rate), but it's not reality

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 24

don't think it's aimed at 'most ppl in britain' - it's FT, so more about the City, tech bros and a rather optimistic punt at international positioning?

Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 24

Serious question? It's not aimed at the electorate, it's aimed potentially at big money donors & probably more so seeking attention of international hard right esp Trump. She's saying u want deregulated economy opps, back me.

Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jul 23

Interview with my good friend and collaborator Guido Zen AKA Abul Mogard. BTW if you haven't listened to his latest release Quiet Pieces, I highly recommend it 🔥

Cyclic Defrost Magazine @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social · Jul 20

Abul Mogard: “The idea was to find a place at the edge of dissonance.”

Abul Mogard has had a very prolific past couple years, and it wasn’t missed on our radar. Aside from remarkable duos (‘In Uno Spazio Immenso’, ‘Impossibly Distant, Impossibly Close’), live shows recordings (with Rafael Anton…

Abul Mogard: “The idea was to find a place at the edge of dissonance.”

Abul Mogard has had a very prolific past couple years, and it wasn’t missed on our radar. Aside from remarkable duos (‘In Uno Spazio Immenso’, ‘Impossibly Distant, Impossibly Close’), live shows recordings (with Rafael Anton Irisarri at Le Guess Who or ‘Live At The Athens Conservatoire’), and collaborations or remixes for KMRU, CoH and Joachim Spieth, he’s started his own imprint Soft Echoes with the release of his new album ‘Quiet Pieces’.

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jun 15

@bsky.app please sort the behaviour which autoscrolls to top of feed everytime you close a post. makes the app completely unusable 😔

Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · May 25

Super news for Coventry Biennial who have secured £98,000 via National Lottery Project Grants from ‪@artscouncilengland.bsky.social‬ to support Coventry Biennial 2025! 🙌

Keep an eye on www.coventrybiennial.com for programme announcements...

📸 Image shows audiences at Coventry Biennial 2023.

Members of the public conversing amongst themselves and browsing the artwork of Yva Jung in a gallery a space. The artwork features framed drawings mounted on a large wall, and coloured drawings directly onto the wall around the frames.

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · May 25

An astonishing slip(?) from Javier Milei: "they'd better not try to mess with my head, because I can be the bigger psychopath" ("No me psicopateen porque me pongo yo más psicópata"). Probably the first true thing he's said since assuming the Argentine presidency...

Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · May 4

contemporary take on a classic. #Cov '25

graffiti on faded white panelling alongside a building site. the graffiti reads "BBC" (white text in a red box) "ARE PEDOS" (black text).

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Apr 30

This was one of my earliest phonography projects concerned with the aurality of places. I recorded for much of the 2004/5 season in Highfield Road's West Terrace, with my trusty Tascam DAT recorder(!). Now a searchable audio archive - thank you @paul-whitty.bsky.social for supporting on this!

This Is Highfield Road - Online Sound Archive

"This is Highfield Road” is a documentary sound archive by artist Duncan Whitley. Search the archive to listen to 141 binaural recordings online.

www.thisishighfieldroad.net

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Apr 30

20 years ago on this day the Sky Blues played their final game at Highfield Road. You can listen to the sounds from that day as binaural audio for headphones here: www.thisishighfieldroad.net #PUSB #HighfieldRoad #SoundsOfTheWestTerrace

This Is Highfield Road - Online Sound Archive

"This is Highfield Road” is a documentary sound archive by artist Duncan Whitley. Search the archive to listen to 141 binaural recordings online.

www.thisishighfieldroad.net

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hearing that composer Alan Lamb passed away earlier this week. I remember reading an article in The Wire, I think maybe 1997 as I was studying Fine Art at the time, about his experiments with sound and wire. Night Passage, incredible work room40.bandcamp.com/album/night-...

Night Passage, by Alan Lamb

3 track album

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Apr 22

A link here to the latest Dossier from @mediapolis.bsky.social 'Projection Activism - the Right to the City in Mediated Space', edited by Giorgia Rizzioli 👇 Some great reading on video projection & the politics of public space here www.mediapolisjournal.com/dossiers/dos...

Dossier: Projection Activism — the Right to the City in Mediated Space

Edited by Giorgia Rizzioli Giorgia Rizzioli, Introduction – Urban Light, Activist Fight: Redesigning Spaces of Change Giorgia Rizzioli introduces the Projection Activism dossier with some …

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Apr 22

Super pleased to see this article out there, reflecting on iterations of Phoenix City 2021 & its modes of engagement. With the brilliant @mel3artpubsphere.bsky.social, featuring in the new issue of #Mediapolis journal 👇 www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/04/phoe... @postdigitalcultures.org

Phoenix City 2021: Art, Regeneration, and Counter-Atmospheres in the UK City of Culture

Phoenix City 2021 explores the role of art in Coventry’s regeneration. Duncan Whitley and Mel Jordan discuss the various iterations of the film and the potential for site-based artworks to challenge p...

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Mar 5

A few days after the Electric Cinema marked the first anniversary of its sudden closure, Historic England have announced the decision not to recommend the building for listing... Some thoughts here from Flatpack Festival #Birmingham #IndependentCinema flatpackfestival.org.uk/news/electri...

Electric Cinema Update: Historic England Decision

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Feb 21

A sad goodbye to Meter Room studios today. 13 years providing low cost studios w/ space for site-responsive & exhibitions work in central Coventry, born as Daniel Pryde-Jarman's PhD project in the city. Found this beautiful gesture from studio holder Sam Kelly this afternoon...

The flowers of a succulent (looking rather like abunch of electrical wires), emerging from a light switch by an open door frame of a functional-looking building. A red retro-looking fire alarm is mounted above the doorframe in the background.

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postdigitalcultures.org @postdigitalcultures.org · Jan 24

Hello! We're the Centre for Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University. We are a centre of researchers and postgraduates who aim to reimagine 21st century postdigital societies and their cultural institutions at a local, national and planetary level.

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Jan 9

FYI Cov/ Warks based artists and orgs... good news Coventry Biennial is offering new artist studio provision in Leamington Spa. A number of studios available in a Georgian villa near Jephson Gardens. Pls share! #ArtistStudios #Warwickshire #Coventry www.coventrybiennial.com/2025/01/09/w...

We've got studios! Join us!

Our mission statement includes the lines: “Activating spaces, exchanges & experiences” and “With Coventry, it’s neighbours & beyond” To date, that has largely been delivered through our commissionin...

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Duncan Whitley @duncanwhitley.bsky.social · Nov 29

This is the first of 3 readings, and then it would go to the Lords. I can understand voting against on the 2nd or 3rd readings if not satisfied with the detail, but not on the 1st

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