The Countdown to Sonica is on! ⌛
Let’s catch up with some Sonica 2023 Artists!
Hear what Mortiz Simon Geist, Raydale Dower, Eyve, Schnitt / Gianluca Sibaldi and Sonia Killmann have to say abour their Sonica performances...
Video by Siyao Li.
1 week left to get your Sonica festival pass! Hurry! 🕛
Festival passes will be coming off sale on Monday 18 September at 12:00pm. Want to experience the whole festival and immerse yourself in some of the world’s best audiovisual art for less? Buy here now. Concession passes only £27.50 for the whole weekend!
Cryptic's going green this year at Sonica ✅
Please help us by keeping plastic off site. We will also be introducing our new reusable Sonica cups at Tramway.
Its award’s season! 🏆
The Cryptic team head to the Glasgow Business Awards in October where we’ve been lucky enough to be shortlisted for the Award of Net Zero Achievement sponsored by Glasgow City Council.
Image credit: Neil Jarvie
Robin was Cryptic’s artist in residence as part of our first Sonica festival in 2012 and recently won the Digital Music and Sound Art Isao Tomita Special Prize at Ars Electronica, Cathie Boyd was thrilled to be there to see it.
Cryptic turns 30 in 2024! 🎂
In anticipation for our 30th birthday next year, Neil Cooper from The List Magazine sat down with Cathie to discuss the evolution of Cryptic from staging Bonjour Tristesse (1994) to this year’s Sonica Surge. Read the interview in their September issue here.
Fiona Haggerty @ Glasgow House, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce 🚲
We were delighted to be part of the Glasgow city’s UCI Cycling World Championships this year. Cryptic’s Project Manager, Fiona Haggerty, joined a morning of innovation where she presented Cryptic to businesses and international guests as part of the daily warming the wheels breakfast events at Glasgow House. Glasgow House was a partnership between Glasgow Life and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
Cryptic Artists
We are delighted to announce that Scottish-Portuguese artist, musician and producer SHHE (Su Shaw) will be joining us as a Cryptic Artist!
Image credit: Portis Wasp
Kathy Hinde’s Listening Horns Installation opens Ultima Festival on 16 September with a new site-specific performance from French Horn Player Hild Sofie Tafjord. Also coming up is Chirp and Drift at Moors Valley Country Park for Inside Out Dorset Festival from 15-24 September.
Image credit: Tyr Liang, Xplorer Studio
Cryptic Recommends
Otherly Oat M*lk Chocolate
Cryptic is excited to partner with Otherly Oat M*lk Chocolate for this years Sonica. These guys are not your usual chocolate brand, instead of cows’ milk, they use oat. It’s delicious! The whole Cryptic team like this chocolate a bit too much. Look out for it on sale around Scotland.
Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Small Awards SchemeV
Celebrating Glasgow ‘s UNESCO City of Music (First UK city to be awarded AND only third in the world!) awarded in 2008, Glasgow Life is offering awards of up to £750 to musicians based or resident in Glasgow. They want to hear from musicians and bands that help make Glasgow’s music scene the best in the world.
Jesse Jones // The Tower @ Talbot Rice
Jesse Jones new film, performance and sculptural installation, The Tower, is open at the Talbot Rice until the 1st of October. It conjures the words of women burned as heretics before the first witch trials in 16th century.
