New Voices IV
Feburary 13- April 5, 2025

Audium’s latest sound residency series highlights the emotionally rich and powerfully resonant works of three Bay Area artists: Briana Marela, Phillip Laurent, and Shanti Lalita.
 
From reflections on grief and language, to dynamic explorations of space and perspective, to sensory investigations of marginalized bodies, New Voices IV invites audiences to experience sound in ways that are both visceral and profoundly human.

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Swells
April 18 – May 3, 2025

Oakland-based interdisciplinary artist Ven Voisey has created a site-specific composition that explores his relationship to the space within Audium. The show is an exploration of swells: how space is occupied by sounds that inhabit, infiltrate, expand, and then dissipate.
This piece explores the specific sounds of Audium: the hum of the breaker box, the phasing pulse of the equipment cooling fans, door hinges, water pipes, and how the exterior sub-audible sounds of traffic make the building shake at times, creating an almost wave-like sound.

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Rewind: Audium VI
July 10- August 23, 2025

Wonder what Audium sounded like in the 70s?

Audium VI rewinds audiences back to 1975. Originally composed on tape by Audium co-founder Stan Shaff, this piece premiered in October 1975 at the grand opening of Audium’s home on 1616 Bush Street.

Fast forward 50 years, much has changed technology-wise, but Audium’s original aesthetic remains intact. Now, following in his dad’s footsteps, David Shaff has reworked his father’s sounds for Audium’s current system and will perform each night.

Blanca Bercial will activate the lobby with interactive visual and sound works drawn from Audium’s historic archive, including writing, photos, and video.

 

Red Clay Sound Haus
September 2025

Red Clay Sound Haus presents a final show series after a two-year residency at Audium. Tossie Long and the RCSH Collective will explore The Sound of Black San Francisco. Body, architecture and desire feature in a collection of run-ins, synchronicities and predictions poised for performance.

Red Clay Sound Haus will create a performance that channels the voices of a disappearing city, preserving its cultural and historical memory through sound.

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