19-29 SEPTEMBER 2024
Call of the Void
Experience the unsettling ambient music made by violent cosmic explosions and colliding black holes observed in distant galaxies."Think Brian Eno meets Brian Cox"
Cosmic data into sound
The Project
Call of the Void is an original album of soundscapes built by turning images taken by astronomical telescopes into sound.Visitors to the Festival of the Mind's Futurecade heard the album on a limited edition 12" vinyl record and took part in the citizen science project Kilonova Seekers.Produced by Tommy Wilson
Academic Consultant: Dr Martin Dyer
Messages from the stars
Real
cosmic data
We've used real images and data from the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO).
IDENTIFY COSMIC EXPLOSIONS
TAKE PART
Want to get involved? Help us to identify distant cosmic explosions never before seen by human eyes and become a Kilonova Seeker.
The disc
Pressed to
12" vinyl
Just like 'The Voyager Message' record NASA launched into space in 1977 (currently over 15bn miles from Earth) we've pressed the album to vinyl for high-fidelity, immersive listening in person.
Siding Spring Observatory
La Palma Observatory
Futurecade Sheffield
Contact the team
Get in touch with the team with any questions about the exhibit.Explore the Festival of the Mind's full programme (PDF).