Amble Skuse

Thresholds

13.09.25 - 13.12.25

RePublic is delighted to present our inaugural commission, Thresholds. Launched on Saturday 13th September, as part of the first Bexhill Art Weekender, Thresholds is a series of sound works created by Amble Skuse in response to Motunrayo Akinola’s exhibition: The one about the thing under the bridge. Through a process of rich dialogue, Skuse has produced audio that adds an interpretative sound layer to Akinola's works. Thresholds is an invitation to step into another space. It opens a dialogue between practice and lived experience. Be aware of barriers that may exist and when they dissolve.

Amble is a composer and sound artist who uses disability theory, body sensor technology, spoken word interviews and electronics to create unique sound works. She is interested in the interface between the disabled body and the exterior world, and has explored this through numerous sound walks using her wheelchair. Amble is a Royal Philharmonic Society Composer 24/25, recently won a Special Commendation Daphne Oram Award for her work in electronic music, and was selected as Scotland’s representative for the International Society Contemporary Music Festival 2024.

Amble recently wrote Divergent Sounds in collaboration with Kings College London. The piece uses interviews with NeuroDivergent people, electronics, body sensors and a 13 piece orchestral ensemble. It was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank. She was one of five Creative Scotland International Creative Entrepreneurship Fellows, a BBC Performing Arts Fellow, has gained several large scale grants from Creative Scotland to produce work and was a BBC alumni fellow. She was also a Mimu Glove research resident in 2022.

RePublic, seeks to push the boundaries of curation by commissioning new work by disabled artists and practitioners to present alternative perspectives.

Sound Works:
Click on title to access the sound file

Image: Motunrayo Akinola, Smokehouse and Street Ni***as

Amble Skuse, Smokehouse (2025) 30 minutes, 42 seconds

Image: Motunrayo Akinola, Shithousery

Amble Skuse, Shithousery (2025) 30 minutes, 1 second

Image: Motunrayo Akinola, Street Ni***as and Shithousery

Amble Skuse Street N***as (2025) 38 minutes, 4 seconds

Additional Sound Works

Audio Description of installation; The one about the thing under the bridge (2025)

The Collaboration: Amble Skuse (2025)

The Themes: Amble Skuse (2025)

The Work: Amble Skuse (2025)

Access instructions video for use of MP3 players in Flatland’s gallery

Image credits:
The one about the thing under the bridge (2025) courtesy of Motunrayo Akinola and Flatland Projects. Taken by Phoebe Wingrove.

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