Sanatorium Merkurial 2026

Sanatorium of Sound and the artistic collective Merkurial join forces for an international concert project. This autumn, Sanatorium Merkurial travels to London, Berlin and Mexico City, bringing together artists developing individual musical languages across electronics, improvisation, tradition and contemporary composition.

The project grew out of the collaboration between Sanatorium of Sound, the experimental music festival based in Sokołowsko, Poland, and Merkurial, the artistic and publishing collective founded by Robert Piotrowicz and Jacek Sienkiewicz. They share an interest in music that resists fixed categories and in listening as a physical experience shaped by intensity, tension, space and the relationship between performer and audience.

The name Merkurial evokes instability and transitions between states. The programme brings together distinct artistic practices in which the transformation of sound opens up new forms and ways of listening.

The first concert of this year’s project marks the beginning of a new collaboration with IKLECTIK. Joining us in Peckham are: Rashad Becker // Robert Piotrowicz // Jacek Sienkiewicz

9 October 2026 · 7pm
IKLECTIK, Peckham Levels
95a Rye Lane, London

Coming next

Berlin · 24 October · 8pm
Morphine Raum hosts Katarzyna Karpowicz and su dance110. Their performances bring together traditional instruments, electronic transformation, voice, movement and bodily presence.

Mexico City · 19–22 November
Sanatorium Merkurial MX takes place across Fonoteca Nacional, Casa del Lago UNAM and MUAC, bringing artists connected to Sanatorium of Sound and Merkurial into dialogue with Mexico City’s music scene.

More information coming soon — stay tuned for further announcements!

Organised by In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation
A collaborative project by Sanatorium of Sound and Merkurial.

The Mexico City edition is co-financed by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Event partners: IKLECTIK, Morphine Raum, Fonoteca Nacional, Casa del Lago UNAM and MUAC.

This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.