Collective writing and sonic ritual jam - Meeting The Lough On Its Own Terms

Expanding upon Ami Clarke’s exhibition at PS3 - Meeting the Lough On Its Own Terms - we invite you for a sonic ritual jam that combines a collective writing project with listening and sound.

Rituals have acted historically, as early technological interfaces, scoring human / nature relationships, in very particular ways. Moving forwards, the sonic ritual is a work that attempts to develop a new multi-species perspective drawn from workshops with DAS Belfast XR group, thinking through alternative ways of ‘sensing’ the Lough, that combine with conversations held with local people, indigenous to the area, as well as druids, herbalists, and permaculture practitioners. It emphasises listening, and sound, as practices central to de-centering the human, amongst the vulnerable ecologies of Lough Neagh and the watershed. 

The work considers how human voice/s in a polyphonic approach might sit within this delicate ensemble, to reflect the new calibration we are hoping to bring about, with John D’Arcy (Sonic Arts) and HIVE Choir and Richard Davis of DAS, and is informed by a collective writing project that has been running for over a year and a half with Friends of the Earth.

Sounds already gathered include:

•⁠  ⁠eels

•⁠  ⁠microbes

•⁠  ⁠nutrient readings of the water in the Lough 

•⁠  ⁠underwater recordings of the loughs deepest point 

•⁠  ⁠other ambient underwater recordings

•⁠  ⁠human voices articulating some of the collective writing done so far

Please RSVP to jane@pssquared.org if you’d like to join us. Light refreshments will be available.