Soft Shell: Off Air

Mote, 102 Ferry Road, Edinburgh, EH6 4PG 
Thursday 26 February 2026

Event
Doors: 6.30pm · Performances: 7pm – 9pm 
Exhibition
12 – 6pm, Friday 27 February 2026
Broadcast
Shhh: A Soft Shell Broadcast
available from 24 February 2026

 

You are warmly invited to Soft Shell: Off Air 

Soft Shell is a spoken-word event presented by Art Writing at The Glasgow School of Art.

For this edition, Off Air, presents an installation and performance at Mote, Edinburgh, showcasing work by the current Art Writing cohort. Including individual and collective work, Off Air asks what it means to inhabit a space as a group, to respond to others, and correspond across forms.

Shhh: A Soft Shell Broadcast accompanies this project, bringing together textual contributions as part of an immersive audio work.

With:
Beth Emsden
Will Farmer
Esther Hesketh
Sophia Kelly-Keegan
Lucille Mona Ling
Emma Mortimer
Hannah Parkinson
Toby Üpson
Maisie Wills

Mote is a not-for-profit artist space in a former chemist shop in Leith, Edinburgh.