Surfeit

An ongoing series of events, presented by Contact & Thames Submarine, which brings together moving image and sonic arts,  celebrating music, film, sound and performance, emphasising how different practices influence & inform one another. 

Surfeit IV

Café Oto, 3 December 2025

MerkabaMacabre (Steven Mcinerney) (expanded film performance) 

Clementine March 

Hollowed Water, Athanasios Argianas (2020, video, sound, 3 mins)

Returning and Turning, Deniz Johns & Martin Zeilinger (2024, video, sound, 6 mins)

Beanie Bhebhe with Adam Coney

Song of Nondurational Time, Athanasios Argianas (2020, video, sound, 2 mins)

Nearby, Andrew Vallance (2025, video, sound, 2 mins)

Night Music, Edwin Rostron (2024, video, sound, 4 mins)

Zara Joan Miller

Angharad Davies

Jim Hobbs & Ojon with Yi Ting Liong (expanded film performance) 

Surfeit III

Café Oto, 8 January 2025

Drag, Bea Haut (2017, 16mm, optical sound, 5 mins) 

Via, Andrew Vallance (2024, Video, Sound, 3 mins)

Illia & Laura Rogatchevski (10 mins) 

In Our Mind's Eye, Ben Kreukniet & Steven McInerney (2021, video, sound, 4 mins)

YES / NO, Simon Payne (2021, video, stereo, 4 mins) 

Ostrobothnia, Jenny Baines (2010-2025, 16mm x 2, silent, 2 mins)

Magnetic North, Miranda Pennell (2003, video - 16mm transfer, sound, 8 mins)

Rie Nakajima (10 mins)

Liz Hanks (12 mins)

Asanoha, Lynn Loo with Emil Karlsen (2024, 16mm x 2, sound, 10 mins)

Surfeit II

Café Oto, 21 February 2024 

GLOBO, David Leister with Andrew Knight-Hill (2024, 16mm x 3, performance, 10 mins) 

Throwing 4, Matt Harding & Esmeralda Valencia Lindstrom (performance)

Dreams From the Past, Bridget Coderc (2023, video, 6 mins)

 Kenichi Iwasa (performance)

Clapping Piece, Simon Payne (2024, video, performance, 4 mins) 

Rie Nakajima (performance)

Foxtrot, Stuart Pound with Rosemary Norman (2022, video, 1 min)

Civil Disobedience, William Raban (2004, video transfer from 35mm, 4 mins)

Angharad Davies (violin)

Loop Leaders +, Guy Sherwin with Lyn Loo (2016-2024, 16mm x 3, performance, 10 mins)

Surfeit I

Presented by Contact and The Thames Submarine

Café Oto, 12 January 2023

Gong, NIGHT-LINE-DEC-23(16mm, multi-projector performance with sound)

Melody Inside a Fire, Matt Harding & Sue Harding (foley & phone)

Surfeit, Jo Millett (2010, video, sound)

Metronome/Pendulum, Li Song (snare drum, metronome & hanging speaker)

Ecka Mordecai (horsehair, harp & voice)

Wind, Mersea Island, Steven Ball (video & sound performance)

My Line, Livia Garcia (graphic score performed by Steve Beresford)

Angharad Davies (first solo violin performance of 2023)

Vowels & Consonants, Guy Sherwin & Lynn Loo (16mm, multi-projector performance with sound)