ENCOUNTERS brings together the usually distant worlds of contemporary classical music, electronica, and film, featuring the four musicians of SCQ, London-based composer Matt Rogers (recent recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award) and international filmmaker Matt Hulse (artist in residence at the Cucalorus Film Festival, North Carolina). SCQ and Matt Rogers have a long creative partnership going back to time spent together at the RSAMD, and in 2011 were funded by Creative Scotland to collaborate with Matt Hulse. The outcome: an audiovisual exploration of the drama of communication between Earth dwellers and alien visitors, The Parlour Guide to Exo-Politics. Tonight’s event will include performances of The Parlour Guide to Exo-Politics and earlier work by Matt Rogers, short films by Matt Hulse, and chiptune music by Matt Rogers’ alter ego: Gameshow Outpatient.