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

Surfeit IV

Café Oto, 3 December 2025

MerkabaMacabre (Steven Mcinerney) (expanded film performance)

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

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

Clementine March

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

Liz Hanks

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

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

Rie Nakajima

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

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

Angharad Davies

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

Surfeit I

Café Oto, 12 January 2023

Gong, avid Leister with Andrew Knight-Hill (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)