'Becoming Bird, (2022) The collection of sounds began in lockdown with a request to a group of colleagues and friends to leave voicemails or messages with and about the bird song they heard as they walked through parks, fields, or city streets. In exchange I would call them and leave similar messages. These sounds were layered into other local and collected sounds recorded on daily walks. Becoming Bird is a record of the landscape as well as of a time when little made sense.
Essay available: https://unlikely.net.au/issue-08/becoming-bird
‘The Dreamer Awakes’ (2022-2023), an audio project that focused on remembering, and the capturing of lost memories, and stories. The Dreamer Awakes, brought traditional storytelling to new audiences to harness and access its healing properties creating new ways of being together after lockdown, while simultaneously exploring new perceptions and processes to reframe the past. Recordings made over a 3 month period June -August 2022.
The Dreamer Awakes was created by Anna Walker, PhD, with musical composition by Ben Park, percussion by JT. The performance was directed by Michael Harvey, and the radio broadcast was produced by Lucinda Guy (2023). Funded by Farnham Maltings + The Rothschild Foundation, with support from Wycombe Arts, and The Public Engagement fund, Plymouth University.
Images by Anna Walker. For more information: www.thedreamerawakes.com
Images by Anna Walker. For more information: www.thedreamerawakes.com
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When we look... 2021-2025
The Colour of Pomegranates, Part 2- The Digital Space 2020 - 2023.