Viva Brighton April 2015 Issue #26

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Panoramic An exhibition by Richard Billingham 25 April - 28 June 2015 townereastbourne.org.uk In association with the Anthony Reynolds Gallery Towner is registered charity no. 1156762 FREE NARRATIVE WORKSHOPS at the Brighton Health and Wellbeing Centre The BHWC on Western Road is one of the first NHS GP surgeries in the country to integrate alternative therapists within the practice, as well as offering a Healing Arts programme. Narrative Workshops involve writing exercises, reading and group discussions, encouraging self-reflection and personal development. Describing events, thoughts and feelings can have a surprising effect on your wellbeing. The physical act of writing acts on the mind like meditation. Your breathing slows down and words flow freely from your head. Writing can relieve stress and boost your immune system, helping you cope with illness, trauma, addiction, depression or anxiety. NEW TERM STARTS 7th MAY 2015 • Thursdays 10am-12pm DROP IN SESSION SATURDAY 11th APRIL 2015 10am-1pm Led by authors Imogen Lycett Green and Barbara Doherty at BHWC Brighton Health and Wellbeing Centre An integrated NHS GP Practice and Healing Arts Centre Winner ‘Innovators of the Year’ General Practice Awards 2014 www.brightonhealthandwellbeingcentre.co.uk www.blackmustard.co.uk
art .......................................... Dawn Chorus Marcus Coates’ zoomorphic project Marcus Coates is an artist who likes pretending to be an animal. He often wears headgear made from stuffed animal heads, and performs in a trance. One project saw him tied up at the top of a Scotch Pine, to try and gauge a hawk’s-eye view of the world; in another he was buried under the earth in a remote field. The Guardian have called him an ‘urban shaman’; the Sunday Times a ‘rural geek’. “About 15 years ago I started getting interested in the culture of birdsong,” he tells me, down the phone. “I found out that it is part aggressive – birds singing to defend their territory; and part romantic – birds serenading potential mates.” He started recording birdsong, then slowing it down on his computer. “I realised that when the birdsong was slowed down 16 times, the human voice was capable of reproducing the sounds.” He filmed people recreating the slowed-down sounds, then sped the film up 16 times. The results sounded just like real birdsong. Next up he spent a week in woodland in Northumberland with ‘world-renowned wildlife sound recordist’ Jeff Sample, recording the dawn chorus, between 3am and 9am, using 14 different microphones. They picked the most interesting morning’s chorus they’d recorded, featuring 19 different species of birds, and Marcus set to work moving the project into its next stage. “I went to Bristol doing auditions with singers. “Some birds, like the robin, require quite a tonal range, and some improvisation, while others, like the chiff chaff, are much simpler.” He chose a number of adept singers, who practiced reproducing the sounds until they were proficient, then picked locations ‘in their natural habitat’ for filming. These included the office, the bedroom, and the bath. We are well used to seeing ‘anthropomorphic’ representations in culture: the resulting footage represents the opposite. “The official term is ‘zoomorphic’” he explains. “Not only did the singers sound exactly like birds, but they started to look like them, too, with their sped-up fidgeting and breathing patterns.” The installation he has made of the recordings, with 19 screens featuring 19 different sped-up singers, exactly replicating a section of that morning’s chorus, has been touring art galleries since 2007, and is being housed throughout the spring by Fabrica, Brighton’s home for such large-scale experimental art. To conclude our interview, I ask Marcus if he’s ever played the human birdsong back to real birds, to see their reaction. No, is the answer: that might disturb their well-being. But perhaps one internet pundit’s remark, in the comments section of a YouTube clip of Dawn Chorus, is indicative of the veracity of the sound: ‘My cat went mental.” Alex Leith Fabrica Gallery, 3rd April-24th May ....59....
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