Audium

Audium Audium is the only theater of its kind in the world, pioneering the exploration of space in music.

The theater's 176 speakers bathe listeners in sounds that move past, over, and under them. "Sound sculptures" are performed in darkness in the 49-seat theater.

06/18/2026

“Many of the signals from our body are also used as unique identifiers. Our phones have infrared sensors for tracking eye gaze; there’s remote technologies that can sense heartbeats that are being used by the military. I think there's a lot of magic inside of us. And that is something I want people to think about, to understand what’s taken away from us.”
- Barbara Nerness

BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness transforms Audium into a pulsating, magical, vibratory body.

How does it feel when we tune into our internal rhythms? When we synchronize our heartbeats and our breaths? And what are we giving up when this data is fed to corporations and police departments? Listen and decide for yourself.

BIOMETRICS
Barbara Nerness aka blurness
June 4 – 27, 2026
Every Thurs/Fri/Saturday
Doors 7:30pm; show 8:00pm
$20–$30, PWYC available

06/11/2026

FREE/ sliding scale OpenAudium Workshop tonight. Artist-in-residence Barbara Nerness will demonstrate a part of their composition - BIOMETRICKS - and share their different ways of approaching the live improvisation and spatialization of sound in Audium.

Audium Tech Staff will also be on hand to introduce Audium's system and answer questions.

Tickets go from (((((FREE))))) to $30, link in bio

Barbara's piece BIOMETRICKS transforms Audium into a pulsating, vibratory body. How does it feel when we tune into our internal rhythms, and what do we lose when that data feeds corporations and police? Listen and decide for yourself.

Playing this Friday/Saturday and each weekend through June 27th....

06/04/2026

Premiering TONIGHT! BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness transforms Audium into a pulsating, magical, vibratory body.

How does it feel when we tune into our internal rhythms? When we synchronize our heartbeats and our breaths? And what are we giving up when this data is fed to corporations and police departments? Listen and decide for yourself.

Featuring sounds collected using a stethoscope microphone, BIOMETRICKS showcases breath, heartbeats, stomach gurgles, and the resonances within our heads. Barbara Nerness will perform this piece live, layering guitar, voice, drum beats recorded by Jack Perry, and field recordings of San Francisco to highlight how our conceptualization of the body – and what makes it unique – is reflected in the larger systems of the city.

BIOMETRICKS
Barbara Nerness aka blurness
June 4 – 27, 2026
Every Thurs/Fri/Sat
Doors 7:30pm; show 8:00pm
$20–$30, PWYC available

More info + tickets in bio

05/28/2026

Next week! BIOMETRICKS by Barbara Nerness transforms Audium into a pulsating, magical, vibratory body.

How does it feel when we tune into our internal rhythms? When we synchronize our heartbeats and our breaths? And what are we giving up when this data is fed to corporations and police departments? Listen and decide for yourself.

“Whenever we’re gathered in a room, especially if we are listening to music together, our heartbeats are more likely to synchronize,” Barbara says. “There's this idea of communal entrainment or becoming more in tune with each other. But many of these signals from our body are also used as unique identifiers. Our phones have infrared sensors for tracking eye gaze; there’s remote technologies that can sense heartbeats that are being used by the military. I think there's a lot of magic inside of us. And that is something I want people to think about, to understand what’s taken away from us.”

Featuring sounds collected using a stethoscope microphone, BIOMETRICKS showcases breath, heartbeats, stomach gurgles, and the resonances within our heads. Barbara will perform this piece live, layering guitar, voice, drum beats recorded by Jack Perry, and field recordings of San Francisco to highlight how our conceptualization of the body is reflected in the larger systems of the city.

BIOMETRICS
Barbara Nerness aka blurness
June 4 – 27, 2026
Every Thurs/Fri/Saturday
Doors 7:30pm; show 8:00pm
$20–$30, PWYC available

05/08/2026

This weekend: In this intense global moment, emotions can feel like overwhelming noise. Audium residency alumni Alex Abalos & Roco Córdova explore identity and the struggle for justice in this timely reprise of their residency works.

Alex Abalos presents Soliloquy of Chaos, an “encyclopedia of sound” drawn from San Francisco’s Filipino community, weaving historic city recordings around the story of the International I Hotel eviction and the activist movement it sparked.

Alex Abalos is an electrician, musician, sound artist, instrument fabricator and synthesizer nerd who enjoys piecing together unlikely partners, instruments, found sounds, and venues, creating unique and meaningful experiences that help neighborhoods think outside of their barriers and boundaries. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay to a working class, immigrant family with a mentality of “working with what you got,” Alex attributes his success to his DIY attitude. Realizing later in life that he could use this as a tool to connect with people, he brings his passion for music to alternative educational spaces where he can bridge the gap between the avant garde music that he loves and the street culture that he grew up in.

Audium is seeking a thoughtful and creative Communications Coordinator to join our small, passionate team of artists, te...
05/05/2026

Audium is seeking a thoughtful and creative Communications Coordinator to join our small, passionate team of artists, technologists, and sound lovers.

This is a flexible, part-time role (up to 15 hours/week) with room to grow. We’re looking for someone excited to help shape the public face of a one-of-a-kind sound theater and to connect our work with new audiences.

Sound good?

Follow the link in bio to a PDF with more details about the position and application process.

We look forward to meeting and working with you :)

04/23/2026

Playing this weekend- The Moment!

In this intense global moment, emotions can feel like overwhelming noise. Audium residency alumni Alex Abalos & Roco Córdova explore identity and the struggle for justice in this timely reprise of their residency works.

Roco Córdova blends voice and recordings from daily life in Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear. They confront the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, connecting the realities of occupied Palestine with their own Puerto Rican heritage.

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Roco Córdova (they/them) is a vocalist, composer, producer and improviser based in the Bay Area. Their music has been described as “slow-boiling, apparently timeless” with “an odd momentum of its own” (The Washington Post). Roco’s work fuses diverse influences with electronic media, chance operations, gradual processes, noise, improvisation, and timbral techniques of composition. Voice is at the core of their music making: they incorporate extended techniques like throat singing, overtone singing, falsetto, and vocal percussion into live performances that emphasize the electronic processing of these sounds. Roco has toured with The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Dorian Wood’s Canto de Todes. They’re a member of Batey Tambó, an ensemble that plays and preserves the centuries old afro-indigenous Puerto Rican music of bomba. Roco has also collaborated with Theresa Wong, La Macacoa, Danishta Rivero, Monopiece and Togetherness Ensemble.

In this intense moment in the world, emotion can sometimes feel like pure noise. Opening April 17, THE MOMENT explores h...
04/10/2026

In this intense moment in the world, emotion can sometimes feel like pure noise. Opening April 17, THE MOMENT explores history, identity, and the struggle for justice in this replay of Audium residency works.

Sound artist, instrument fabricator and synthesizer nerd Alex Abalos presents Soliloquy of Chaos, a piece that highlights the historic city sounds from SF’s Filipino community. The composition centers on The Fall of the I Hotel, a documentary film that chronicles an activist movement around the demise of a San Francisco Filipino housing project in the 1980’s.  

Roco Córdova blends voice and recordings from daily life in Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear. They confront the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, connecting the realities of occupied Palestine with their own Puerto Rican heritage.

(((((sounds good?))))))))

April 17- May 16, 2026
Every Friday/Saturday

Tickets in bio!

In this intense moment in the world, emotion can sometimes feel like pure noise. Opening April 17, THE MOMENT explores h...
04/10/2026

In this intense moment in the world, emotion can sometimes feel like pure noise. Opening April 17, THE MOMENT explores history, identity, and the struggle for justice in this replay of Audium residency works.

Sound artist, instrument fabricator and synthesizer nerd Alex Abalos ( ) presents Soliloquy of Chaos, a piece that highlights the historic city sounds from SF’s Filipino community. The composition centers on The Fall of the I Hotel, a documentary film that chronicles an activist movement around the demise of a San Francisco Filipino housing project in the 1980’s.

Roco Córdova (.cordova ) blends voice and recordings from daily life in Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear. They confront the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, connecting the realities of occupied Palestine with their own Puerto Rican heritage.

(((((sounds good?))))))))
April 17- May 16, 2026
Every Friday/Saturday
Tickets in bio!

03/19/2026

This weekend, Audium continues to KLANG with Arbeitsklang- Pamela Z's sound work about work sound.

Haven't heard? Hurry! Only 2 weekends left!

Plus, TONIGHT (3/19) Pamela speaks with Audium residency alumni and musician Phillip Laurent ( )

Learn about Pamela's artistic practice along with her experience composing and performing at Audium.

Q&A takes place after the show- no additional tickets necessary.

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