Name: Wolfgang Buttress presents TO BE – Performed by Karman Live Collective
Start: 2026-06-06T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-06T15:30:00+01:00
Location: Broadway Cinema

$Wolfgang Buttress presents TO BE \u2013 Performed by Karman Live Collective$

Artist and curator Wolfgang Buttress presents a site-specific, immersive performance at Broadway Cinema on Saturday 6 June 2026.
Karman Line Collective perform TO BE, a live symphony creating dialogue between bee and human, centred on the real-time sound of 50,000 bees streamed directly from a hive at Nottingham Trent University.
Experience a 15.2 surround-sound environment with visual projections and bespoke scents. Written over three years, TO BE features recordings of bee communication transformed into music, interwoven with cello, piano and percussion. The performance explores cycles of life and humanity's relationship with nature – reflective, melancholic, yet ultimately hopeful.
Purchase a Vinyl + Ticket entry and receive a vinyl copy of TO BE on the day of the event. Limited numbers available.
About Karman Line Collective
Karman Line Collective created the soundscape for Buttress's multi-award-winning sculpture The Hive at Kew Gardens, and their work forms the sonic heart of the touring exhibition BEES: A Story of Survival.
The collective (with Justin Goodyer, and Kevin Bales and Tony Foster of Spiritualized) has delivered sold-out performances at Glastonbury, Bluedot, End of the Road Festival, Coventry Cathedral, and St Mary's Church, Nottingham. Their earlier album ONE was named one of the best albums of 2016 by Rough Trade, The Guardian and The Quietus, with Tim Jonze of The Guardian listing it among his top five gigs of the year. TO BE has received critical praise from The Quietus, Caught by the River, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 6 Music.
Supported by Broadway's Near Now using public funding by Arts Council England.