Song (After Nature)

7.1 channel sound, object and text installation, 8 mins, 2022.

Seal calls and other natural sounds of the Holy Island landscape – recorded by legendary sound recordist Chris Watson – were transcribed into a richly layered cello composition created with cellist Gyða Valtýsdóttir. This immersive sound piece was installed within the Lindisfarne Castle ‘music room’ with accompanying objects, and a projected text that aimed to ‘translate’ the seal song as a playful yet grave warning of climate catastrophe. Thanks to Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Chris Watson, Laura Knowles, Nick Lewis, Kiki Claxton, Hannah Teasdale, James Lowther, Ellie Denton, Claire Ashby, Ian Kerr, Laura Gledhill, Julia Routh, C. Green, Noel Connor, Paul Mein, Lindisfarne Castle, Maltings Visual Arts Berwick, Newcastle University, Arts and Heritage and Arts Council England.

A stereo version of Song (After Nature) is released as a vinyl single on Owd Scrat Records: https://owdscratrecords.bandcamp.com/album/song-after-nature-past-song-…