We are thrilled to share that we will tour our award winning work Microtonal to Northern audiences across 4 venues in the UK in 2026. 

Microtonal is currently open at Barnsley Civic.

Microtonal is an installation comprising 200 borindos - a clay wind instrument from the desert of Sindh, Pakistan. The work is a collaboration with the artists standing between it and a form of cultural extinction - Allah Jurio, the only remaining craftsman who makes the borindo and Faqir Zulfiquar, the only known musician to play them. 

Utilising innovative technologies Microtonal is an audio reactive, algorithmically driven installation of 200 borindos. The work amplifies otherwise imperceptible sine waves creating a chorus of these 200 rare instruments playing autonomously. Microtonal explores intangible cultural heritage (as both traditional and living expression), live knowledge transmissions, and intercultural dialogue. 

Winner of the Karachi Biennale Jury Prize 2022