Selector >> Mark Leckey
+ RICHIE CULVER AYA RAINY MILLER YEAH YOU MOOLAKII CLUBMusic From The Age Of Spiritual Machines
We are extremely proud to be working with Tate Liverpool to present Selector – a brand new collaboration that will merge the worlds of contemporary art and contemporary music. The series will launch with Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Leckey guest curating a range of events between 10th and 13th June, including an artist ‘In Conversation’ talk and three fascinating live events, under the title of Music From The Age Of Spiritual Machines.
Selector will explore the musical inspirations on Mark Leckey’s work, through conversation and performance, celebrating the influence music has on his art. Since the latter half of the 20th Century the relationship between music and art in contemporary culture has become increasingly entwined. Artists across genres are inspiring each other, breaking boundaries and experimenting with their practices. Selector is an opportunity to witness these artistic collisions, in a shared, immersive experience.
Event details below. Tickets now available for each event, with discounts for Tate Members.
MUSIC FROM THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES
Originally from Wirral, Mark Leckey returns to his roots in leading the curation of four nights of performances for this inaugural Selector series, drawing on his love of musical subcultures, sound systems and collective experiences of sound.
The series will begin with a Meet the Artist at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North on Wednesday 10 June, followed by three nights of performances at Future Yard from 11 June to 13 June.
WED 10 JUNE - MEET THE ARTIST
Selector opens with an evening of conversation as Mark Leckey discusses the influence of music culture on his art. The event will be hosted by DJ, curator and multidisciplinary cultural producer Thristian, the founder of Global Roots, and co-founder of both Boiler Room and Worldwide FM.
18:30 – 20:00
@ Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
£5 advance / £3 for Tate Members
THUR 11 JUNE - LIVE FILM SOUNDTRACKS
Moolakii Club Audio Interface x Mark Leckey | Live Soundtracks To Silent Films
Moolakii Club returns with their distinctive audiovisual night blending avant-garde cinema with live experimental electronica. This event will feature Mark Leckey productions from his archives being given brand new original soundtracks live, reacting to the visuals in real time. Nothing is pre-recorded. No two nights are ever the same. The result is a shared, immersive experience – cinematic, atmospheric and deeply engaging.
Featuring VX and Sulk Rooms plus special guest TBA.
19:00 – 23:00
@ Future Yard
£12 advance / £10 for Tate Members
This is an all-seated event.
FRI 12 JUNE - RICHIE CULVER (LIVE)
Richie Culver is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice operates at the interstice of contemporary image culture, expanded sound, and post-documentary poetics. His work investigates the unstable architectures of memory, place, and digital subjectivity, examining how personal and collective narratives migrate across media and sediment within aesthetic form.
Richie Culver will be performing live, more artists to be announced.
“Lurking at the fringes of electronic music, artists such as Richie Culver are confronting the alienation and deprivation of the UK’s north” – The Guardian
19:00 – 00:00
@ Future Yard
£18 advance / £15 for Tate Members
This is a standing show.
SAT 13 JUNE - AYA (LIVE)
Music From The Age Of Spiritual Machines all-dayer curated by Mark Leckey
This extended Saturday event showcases the best and most exciting names in emerging avant-garde music, with a strong connection to themes of decline and renewal in the North of England. Plus some non-musical performances as well as an exhibition opening in FY’s Future Walls Gallery, and an immersive AV installation.
aya’s work is primarily concerned with the transfigurative power of experience and memory on the physical body. Hailing from the Pennines, her most recent album hexed! was released on Hyperdub and was nominated as The Quietus’ Album Of The Year for 2025.
Rainy Miller – originally from Preston and head of the label Fixed Abode – is a multidisciplinary artist and producer whose work exists in a space where raw emotion meets atmospheric soundscapes..
Yeah You are to you a father daughter duo based in Newcastle and Vienna who let music invade the family context, and have been known to make noise-pop out of field recordings taken in Ikea car parks..
Plus more still TBA.
17:00 – 23:00
@ Future Yard
£25 advance / £20 for Tate Members
This is a standing show.
Mark Leckey (born 1964) is a British contemporary artist whose work looks at the relationship between popular culture and technology as well as themes of youth, class and nostalgia. He works with sculpture, film, sound and performance – and sometimes all four at once – often using found object art in video pieces.
Music, in particular rave and pop, is central to some of Leckey’s best-known works, including Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore, 1999; Industrial Light and Magic, 2008; and Dream English Kid, 1964 – 1999 AD 2015. His work Exorcism of the Bridge@Eastham Rake 2018 has been performed at New York’s MoMA PS1 and Tate Modern. Leckey is also a member of several bands including Jack 2 Jack and donAteller.
VENUE INFORMATION
Future Yard is open every day from 10am – so you can stop by for a coffee or a pre-show drink in our bar area whenever you like. Our pizza kitchen is open on weekends and before every show, 5-9pm.
Events are mainly standing, but check event specifics for details. For events on Thurs 11th and Fri 12th, live room doors open at 7:00pm (this is separate from our bar area), and music starts shortly after; on Sat 12th, Live Room doors open at 5:00pm. The bar is open after the show.
KITCHEN
NAPOLI MEETS BIRKENHEAD
Made hot and fresh in-house each day, our pizzas use the best ingredients sourced from independent suppliers in Merseyside and beyond. The result is a classic Italian pizza handcrafted in Birkenhead, with a tasty new twist.
- All our pizzas are vegetarian and vegan friendly, available by the slice or a full 16″ pizza
- Kitchen open 5pm-9pm for this event. Usual opening hours are 5-9pm on Fridays + Saturdays, plus all show days
- Slice + A Pint deal available before 7pm on all show days
- View the full menu here
Get down early to take advantage of our amazing offers on pizza and drinks, and make sure you’re there to support the supports!
Tate Liverpool + Future Yard present
Selector >> Mark Leckey: Music From The Age Of Spiritual Machines
10th-13th June 2026
Future Yard / Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
Tickets available online in advance or in person at the Future Yard Box Office.
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. We cannot issue refunds to under 16s who are not accompanied by an adult.
Future Yard is a cashless venue – all payments are taken by contactless or chip and pin.
If you have any specific access requests, please read all of the details about accessibility at Future Yard here.