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Wysing Arts Centre, Fox Road, Bourn, Cambridge (2026)

01/06/2026

Syllabus VIII Artist Sym Stellium reflects on this past year with the cohort 💭

“Meeting and collaborating with artists who align with my values and whose work inspires me to stretch outside my comfort zone, has been one of the most rewarding elements of my Syllabus journey. Understanding what others are fascinated / obsessed / possessed by, and how this can be integrated into a curated programme has been a nourishing experience. It’s been a pleasure to work both within and outside the realms of arts organisations whilst sinking our teeth into ideas of mutual aid and alternative systems to sustain artists. The connections and learnings will continue to unfurl and ripple out/inward.”

Sym will be performing as part of Fierce Festivals programme 'Fierce Jams' on 18th June, and facilitating one of LADA's Do It Together (DIT) peer-to-peer professional development programmes in Birmingham, in collaboration with Fierce Festival and Performance, Possession & Automation (pp+a). They will also be starting a Master's at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Experimental Performance in September.

Find out more about Sym’s work at symstellium.hotglue.me 🔗

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1-3: 'your apathy bores me (to tears)' performance at , as part of a performance series curated by . Photos by
4-6: courtesy of Sym Stellium
7: Syllabus VIII cohort. Photos by 💛

25/05/2026

Residency artists Hannan Jones and Shamica Ruddock returned to Wysing in April to present the second part of their sculptural commission ‘Strike | the mark feeds the score| surface as notation’.

Following the exhibition at Forma where elements were seen in one long score, the duo re-assembled the works across Wysing’s grounds.

The work was then activated by performances from Hannan and Shamica with the Cambridge Young Performers Orchestra in response to the work. Meanwhile Shenece Oretha responded with a performance specifically looking at the drum.

It’s been a pleasure to have Hannan and Shamica back at Wysing and to see this project take so many forms, including sculpture, sound workshops and live collaborative performance 🤍

‘Strike | the mark feeds the score | surface as notation’ was commissioned and produced by Wysing Arts Centre, Forma, and Knotenpunkt.

Photo: Sophie Davidson

21/05/2026

The Syllabus partners – Wysing Arts Centre, Eastside Projects, PS², Site Gallery and Studio Voltaire (associate partner) – are thrilled to announce Live Art Development Agency (LADA) will join the Syllabus network for the ninth edition of the programme.

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Syllabus is an alternative and independent learning programme supporting ten artists across ten months through collective learning, critical exchange, and community-building. Now entering its ninth year, the programme continues to evolve collaboratively in response to each cohort of artists.

LADA’s longstanding commitment to experimental practice, live art, and artist-centred development will bring valuable perspectives and conversations to the programme.

Mary Osborn, Director of LADA said:

“We are super excited to be part of this one-of-a-kind learning programme. This is an incredible opportunity for LADA to meet a cohort of artists working with a rich diversity of forms and disciplines, and to offer a focus on liveness and embodied practice as part of the gatherings. Thank you to the brilliant Syllabus partners for inviting us into the fold - we can’t wait to get started!”

Together, the partner organisations will host a series of in-person gatherings and online sessions. Led by Syllabus IX Artist Lead Harun Morrison, this year’s programme kicks off in September and rolls out across the year.

Find out more about Syllabus at wysing.art 🔗

Image: Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley and Symoné The Rules of Watching: Interactive Talk, 2026. Image Michael Bowles.

18/05/2026

New commission: ‘Fox Road’ by Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom now spans the front of our Brooks Building.

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Created with foley artist Rebecca Glover, ‘Fox Road’ recreates the sounds of Wysing’s landscape through acts of performance: footsteps, birdsong, wind and passing cars – working with microphones, hands and fragments of natural materials. By foregrounding the recordings, this ordinarily invisible process is brought into the open and highlights the gap between direct experiences of the rural, and how it is staged, produced and consumed.

The Brooks Building Commission is an annual commission that engages directly with Wysing’s site and surrounding landscape. Marking a move away from indoor, exhibition-based projects, the opportunity invites artists to intervene in and re-make the facade of Wysing’s most prominent building.

Supported Arts Council England and Art Fund.

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Photos 2 and 4 by Sophie Davidson

16/05/2026

Syllabus VIII: Final gathering 🌱
Wysing Arts Centre • March 2026

A look back at an amazing weekend at Wysing with our Syllabus VIII artists and partners in March.

Over a weekend, the artists worked to present experiments, works in progress and finalised pieces to eachother and the Syllabus partners for discussion; we saw works spanning performance, film, sound, sculpture, and research.

We’d like to extend our warmest thanks and congratulations to this years cohort - It’s been a delight to be a part of this journey and see such fruitful conversations and incredible work come out of their time together.

Syllabus VIII artists:

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Syllabus is an alternative learning programme jointly delivered in partnership by Wysing Arts Centre, Eastside Projects, PS2, Studio Voltaire and Site Gallery, and supported by funding from Freelands Foundation.

Applications to take part in Syllabus XI are still open for a few more days. Head to the link in our bio to find out more and apply 🔗

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All images: Syllabus VIII final gathering. March 2026. Wysing Arts Centre. Images courtesy the artists. Photo: Wysing
Image 5: Work-in-progress screening of april forrest lin 林森’s upcoming film ‘Debtford’.

16/05/2026

Coming up this Tuesday 19 May as part of DISRUPT 2026 🎤

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Still Noise: Ways to Occupy a Performance Space by Zhuo Mengting

What filters the sounds we are tuned to hear? Whose voice is granted volume, and whose is reduced to mere noise? This lecture-performance dissects how silence and noise are socially engineered, who is amplified and what it costs a marginalised body to be heard.

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The Thicket by Yas Clarke

A strange new a capella work from Bristol-based sound artist Yas Clarke, The Thicket is an intricate, rhythmic and melodic text score, composed for four voices. Sometimes narrative, sometimes abstract and non-verbal - this text is an arcane expression of the human relationship with its environment.

🎟️ tickets at junction.co.uk

15/05/2026

The candles Tai Shani makes are playful, powerful symbols of memory, hope, and repair. This new commission, titled ‘Symphonic Flame’, is dedicated to Wysing’s long standing director Donna Lynas (1967-2021). Three meters in height, in a soft pink with a warm glass flame, the candle is inscripted with the words ‘eternal symphony of survival’.

Tai says:

“Donna was an extraordinary person who had a rare and profound understanding of how to be with artists, how to give them what they need at the right time, this is something many artists would say about her. That contribution, that particular quality of attention and care, lives on in Wysing. To be asked to make a permanent work in commemoration of her and of that legacy is among the greatest honours of my life.”

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Images: Tai Shani, ‘Symphonic Flame’, 2026. Commissioned by Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire. Photo: Wysing.

11/05/2026

Syllabus VIII Artist Highlight: Emma Bentley Fox ❣️

Emma Bentley Fox is a multidisciplinary artist & facilitator, working between London and Yorkshire. They work primarily in analogue photography, extending to installation, performance, writing, bookmaking and participatory projects - specialising in access and trauma-informed approaches.

They are currently on residency at Block 336, and continue to develop their ongoing project ‘Safelight’ which explores photographic darkrooms as sites for healing and intimacy; drawing parallels with Q***r nightlife spaces, and ideas around crip bodies & time. They are experimenting with long exposure photography, arduino, sensors, and spatial audio, collaborating with other practitioners.

They recently received Arts Council England NLPG funding to continue their research around darkrooms, supported by mentoring available through Syllabus. Emma says:

“The peer-to-peer sessions we organised at gatherings gave me space to share my work & progress with the other artists in a way I otherwise don’t get to do. I found the encouragement and thoughts and references shared invaluable as I was developing work.”.

They are also developing ‘Trauma-informed practice for Cultural Workers’, a free resource for the sector, developed in collaboration with other practitioners, and drawing on Emma’s experience working within arts organisations.

You can find out more about Emma’s work at emmabfox.com.

11/05/2026

Syllabus VIII Artist Highlight: Emma Bentley Fox ❣️

Emma Bentley Fox is a multidisciplinary artist & facilitator, working between London and Yorkshire. They work primarily in analogue photography, extending to installation, performance, writing, bookmaking and participatory projects - specialising in access and trauma-informed approaches.

They are currently on residency at Block 336, and continue to develop their ongoing project ‘Safelight’ which explores photographic darkrooms as sites for healing and intimacy; drawing parallels with Q***r nightlife spaces, and ideas around crip bodies & time. They are experimenting with long exposure photography, arduino, sensors, and spatial audio, collaborating with other practitioners.

They recently received Arts Council England NLPG funding to continue their research around darkrooms, supported by mentoring available through Syllabus. Emma says:

“The peer-to-peer sessions we organised at gatherings gave me space to share my work & progress with the other artists in a way I otherwise don’t get to do. I found the encouragement and thoughts and references shared invaluable as I was developing work.”.

They are also developing ‘Trauma-informed practice for Cultural Workers’, a free resource for the sector, developed in collaboration with other practitioners, and drawing on Emma’s experience working within arts organisations.

You can find out more about Emma’s work at emmabfox.com.

11/05/2026

Syllabus VIII Artist Highlight: Emma Bentley Fox❣️

Emma Bentley Fox is a multidisciplinary artist & facilitator, working between London and Yorkshire. They work primarily in analogue photography, extending to installation, performance, writing, bookmaking and participatory projects - specialising in access and trauma-informed approaches.

They are currently on residency at Block 336, and continue to develop their ongoing project ‘Safelight’ which explores photographic darkrooms as sites for healing and intimacy; drawing parallels with Q***r nightlife spaces, and ideas around crip bodies & time. They are experimenting with long exposure photography, arduino, sensors, and spatial audio, collaborating with other practitioners.

They recently received Arts Council England NLPG funding to continue their research around darkrooms, supported by mentoring available through Syllabus. Emma says:

“The peer-to-peer sessions we organised at gatherings gave me space to share my work & progress with the other artists in a way I otherwise don’t get to do. I found the encouragement and thoughts and references shared invaluable as I was developing work.”.

They are also developing ‘Trauma-informed practice for Cultural Workers’, a free resource for the sector, developed in collaboration with other practitioners, and drawing on Emma’s experience working within arts organisations.

You can find out more about Emma’s work at emmabfox.com.

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