We host live X-Ray Audio events when we tell the story of the Soviet X-Ray bootleggers and cut new x-ray records from musical performances by artists who have included Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Marc Almond, Barry Adamson, Marcela Puppini, Veronika Harcsa, Lydia Kavina, Alexander Hacke (Eineinstürzende Neubauten) amongst others.
To date we have brought the project to New York University, Brooklyn's Museum of Morbid Anatomy, Strom festival Copenhagen; The Horse Hospital London; The Baltic Gateshead; TED X Krakow; Vivid Projects Birmingham; Kings College London; Krake Festival Berlin; Rough Trade London; Millennium Court Arts Centre Ireland; Berlin House of Culture; the BRIT school London; GARAGE museum, Moscow; New Hollandia, St Petersburg; HOME Manchester, Pushkin House, London, the Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, The Science Museum London, Ville Heike, Berlin and many other venues.
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In collaboration with the Hungarian Cultural Institute, we will be hosting an event at London's Calvert 22 Gallery
Stephen Coates will be telling the story of the Soviet X-Ray bootleggers together with his latest research into the x-ray culture of Hungary in the 1930s - 1950s.
There will be special appearance by Hungarian Indie star Veronica Harcsa who we will be recording live to create a new x-ray record.
