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Creative projects by Abigail Ward

Two people hacking to create an accessible musical instrument. One sits in from of a laptop, the other uses a soldering iron. There are wires.

DMLab sessions

Drake Music‘s DMLab sessions bring together a community of technologists, makers and Disabled musicians on a regular basis to support…

A black woman from Women Asylum Speakers Together speaks at a demo. She is raising her fist in the air.

Suffragette City 2024 – raising money for Women Asylum Seekers Together

This year Suffragette City’s merch range is raising money for Women Asylum Seekers Together.

A flyer for an event at Blackwell's in Manchester. There is a photo of Richard King, a handsome guy in his 40s with wavy grey hair, and of a book cover. The book is called Travels over Feeling and features a blurry image of the artist Arthur Russell holding a cello. Arthur is wearing a baseball cap and a black t-shirt.

‘Travels Over Feeling – Arthur Russell, A Life’ – Abigail Ward in conversation with Richard King

On May 23rd 6pm at Blackwell’s, Manchester, I will be talking to award-winning author Richard King about TRAVELS OVER FEELING…

NTS – Soup to Nuts

In February ’24 Abigail Ward hosted Ruf Dug’s Soup to Nuts show on NTS, achieving an NTS pick. Listen to the show here.

Cry out for Peace – a collective meditation

Music for a collective meditation for peace on Tue 9th Jan at 8.30pm.

January 5, 2024

Screenshot of Bandcamp's end of year chat,

I was chuffed to little mint balls to see ‘I Miss Your Love’ in the Bandcamp Daily ‘Best Electronic Music…

December 18, 2023

A woman with shoulder length brown. In the background there is a tower block. She is wearing a Cornelius t-shirt. It is dusk.

The Rollover on Melodic Distraction

I had a wonderful time doing another show for Melodic Distraction last Saturday morning. The music is pretty swoonsome and…

September 30, 2023

The Isonoe ISO420 mixer at NAM Manchester

Live at NAM, April 23

A DJ mix by Abigail Ward recorded
live at NAM, an audiophile bar in Manchester.

August 24, 2023

The portrait of Judson Rosebush was made using the first video digitizer at Digital Effects Inc. in New York. The video digitizer was built by Vance Loen based on plans by Bill Etra, and the software to convert the image into alpha-numeric characters was developed by Don Leich and inspired by Ken Knowlton's EXPLOR software. The image is a photograph of a black and white computer terminal monitor; the diagonal is a result of non-synchronization between the monitor display and the still camera shutter.

A Cleansing Moment of Clarity

A DJ mix by Abigail Ward featuring Andrew Wasylyk, Paula Tape and William Doyle.

August 16, 2023

Black master bag sleeve with a white stick that says Ghost Assembly is a font similar to Vogue magazine. There is a lip print on the sticker.

Ghoßt Assembly single hits the record shops

It‘s a fuckin’ buzz to see my record available in both Piccadilly Records & Vinyl Exchange, two of my former…