Midnight Harmonies: Szumin
Nikki Sheth

Midnight Harmonies: Szumin by Nikki Sheth, 8-channel immersive sound installation

Composed using environmental field recordings taken throughout the night, the piece combines sound materials gathered from wildlife, plant life and the Zofia and Oskar Hansen’s House in Szumin, inviting listeners to explore the nocturnal soundscapes of the place. The piece pays homage to architectural harmony with nature and design that lies between human-made and natural worlds.

The installation is available to visit during the festival Sonics & Scenics at the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw from 26 June to 21 September 2025.

Commissioned by The Wapping Project, co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, for the festival Sonics & Scenics, supported by the British Council through UK/Poland Season 2025.

Nikki Sheth is a sound artist and composer. Her work aims to give voice to the environment and foster a deeper connection with the natural world through field recordings, soundscape composition and spatial audio installations. Her interests in environmental sound include interspecies communication, nocturnal soundscapes and acoustic ecology – the relationship between sound and humans. She was nominated for Ivor Novello Composer Award in 2021 and won the Leah Reid Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music in 2023. Her work has been played at Quench Gallery, Margate; Kings Place, London; and Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; Sonic Territories, Germany; Pitea Performing Arts Biennial, Sweden; Spektra Festival, Columbia; Ecoacoustic Congress, Brisbane; as well as on BBC Radio 3.