Mark Vernon Sounds of the Modern Hospital record launch event

Sounds of the Modern Hospital is a long-playing Sound Effects record in a limited edition of 250 copies produced by Mark Vernon, digital artist in residence at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. For this special event, Mark will perform a live mix of sounds and voices recorded in different NHS hospital departments over the course of his residency. The performance will also include a live ultrasound feed of his own heartbeat. Free copies of the vinyl LP record Sounds of the Modern Hospital will be distributed at the event.

Also on display will be an edition of 20 unique lathe-cut X-ray records displayed on light boxes. Inspired by Russian "roentgenizdat" records from the 1950s (home-made bootlegs of banned Western pop music that were pressed onto discarded X-rays), these are playable 7” records each featuring a different X-ray image with a composed sound piece made from recordings taken in Forth Valley Royal’s radiology department.