People Like Us
Issue 476
October 2023
The Portal
Music By Any Means
December 2021
Films of two Wire events, featuring O YAMA O and Elaine Mitchener, plus a podcast of a third, featuring Vicki Bennett aka People like Us, have been posted online by Somerset House Studios
Issue 447
May 2021
Tracks
People Like Us's greatest bits
April 2021
To coincide with the People Like Us cover feature in The Wire 477, Spenser Tomson explores some of arch collagist Vicki Bennett’s most affecting mash-ups
Mix
Wire mix: 30 years of People Like Us
April 2021
Sound collagist Vicki Bennett compiles a comprehensive soundtrack to her Wire cover feature, piecing together 30 years' worth of work in a new mix
On Air
Shane Woolman presents Adventures In Sound And Music: People Like Us Special
October 2020
The 1 October edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM includes new music by Carl Stone, Black Burst Sound Generator and INFX, as well as a special guest mix by Vicki Bennett aka People Like Us
Interview
Vicki Bennett reflects on The Mirror, unlocking the archives and a curious cease and desist order
May 2018
“I believe that something does not diminish by doubling it and duplicating it, and I don’t believe in the art gallery ethic of the less there is of something, the more value it has,” declares the UK collagist
News
Ken Hollings broadcasting radio show on William S Burroughs
Ken Hollings broadcasting radio show on William S Burroughs
BBC Radio 4 programme looks at cutup as satirical device, including interviews with Vicki Bennett, Armando Iannucci and more
In Conversation
Oral Histories: Vicki Bennett
May 2014
The collage artist also known as People Like Us talks about her beginnings in experimental radio broadcasting in the second instalment of our oral histories series.
News
Vicki Bennett's Notations directs a touring cast of improvisers
Vicki Bennett's Notations directs a touring cast of improvisers
People Like Us collage film for improvising performers goes on a UK tour with Bill Orcutt, Philip Jeck, Rhodri Davies, Jennifer Walshe, Jaap Blonk and others.
News
Vicki Bennett's The Zone withdrawn from circulation
Vicki Bennett's The Zone withdrawn from circulation
Vicki Bennett's first feature length The Zone, which involves a split screen edit of The Wizard Of Oz and Tarkovsky's Stalker , will not be...
News
Touch hosting Thomas Köner, Bruce Gilbert, David Toop, Fennesz and others in London
Touch hosting Thomas Köner, Bruce Gilbert, David Toop, Fennesz and others in London
Touch music continues its 30th anniversary celebrations with a two dayer in London. Atmospheres 4 will host performances by Thomas Köner,...
News
People Like Us's Radio Boredcast archived by WFMU
People Like Us's Radio Boredcast archived by WFMU
All 744 hours of Vicki Bennett's Radio Boredcast have been archived online to listen again on WFMU . Bennett broadcast 24 hours a day for the...
News
People Like Us releasing feature film The Zone
People Like Us releasing feature film The Zone
Vicki Bennett (aka People Like Us ) is releasing a feature film titled The Zone , a feature-length dual screen film tracking two journeys from...
Issue 337
March 2012
Essay
Collateral Damage: Vicki Bennett
February 2012
In the early 2000s, increased bandwidth allowed recombinant artists to enter the gift economy. It’s a freedom we should defend at all costs, argues Vicki Bennett aka People Like Us
News
Off The Page 2012 festival announced
Off The Page 2012 festival announced
The Wire and Sound And Music will be hosting the second Off The Page festival in February 2012. From 24–26 February we'll be decamping to The...
Issue 329
July 2011
News
Vicki Bennett: The Doors Of Perspection
Vicki Bennett: The Doors Of Perspection
Vicki Bennett (aka People Like Us ) will be exhibiting The Doors Of Perspection, a collection of digital collage works expanding panning camera...
Issue 292
June 2008
Issue 189
November 1999
+ Domino On The Wire
Tracks
People Like Us: Abridged Too Far
Download this previously unreleased track
Tracks
People Like Us tracks
Hear a selection of music by People Like Us