The #EarBox series in which music speaks to visual art – and vice-versa – returns to Studio 3 Gallery on Weds 18 May with a short musical ‘happening; centred on Alvin Lucier’s otherworldly ‘Unamuno,’ an intense yet beautiful soundworld, which promises to be something remarkable with the singers arranged around the gallery’s sonorous acoustic.

The programme is rooted in the medieval, opening with twelfth-century plainsong, and finishing with a dramatic re-telling of the ‘Song of Roland,’ an epic poem written sometime between 1040 and 1115, based on the Battle of Roncevaux in 778, featuring Cory Adams on percussion. Staying with the Norwegian theme, Lillebjørn Nilsen’s haunting, lilting contemporary piece, ‘Danse, ikke gråte nå’ (Dance, do not cry now), has echoes of old folk-song.

The backdrop to the event will be a new exhibition of works by Philip Hughes devoted to the strange landscape of Dungeness, including paintings, prints and photographs, as well as a special garden installation made in collaboration with the ceramist, Psiche Hughes. Admission to the event is free, and the performance will last twenty minutes.

Join Minerva Voices to hear Lucier’s unique piece amidst the new exhibition in Studio 3 Gallery next Wednesday.