La matinale dédiée à l’actualité de la création contemporaine, tous les mercredis de 9:15 à 10:00 en direct sur *Duuu Radio.
Avec ce mois-ci : Justin Morin, Pascal Montfort et Julie Duval (accompagnée Juliette Bayi).
I am the ground beneath your feet.
Poetics of Imagination at Soundart Radio, Devon, UK
However bad we were, we went on.
Chaque mercredi *Duuu diffuse une émission inédite réalisée par l’une des radios du réseau Radia, groupe international informel de radios libres. Radia se veut un espace de réflexion sur la radio et la création radiophonique d’aujourd’hui. Cette semaine *Duuu diffuse “TstBd” by Christopher Booth for Soundart Radio.
“TstBd” was a ritual performance carried out December 9th 2021 in Studio 1, Dartington Hall. Utilizing sound, radio feedback, video & ritual a spell was cast, the results of which are as yet indeterminate.
The Test Bed was a performance created in response to a critical investigation into Dartington Hall, its history, pedagogical legacy and the landscape and people who live and have lived in and around the estate. The title was taken from a board annual report for the Dartington Trust in which it was stated “Dartington should be a test bed for a just and sustainable future” Indeed, the sigil used ritually in this piece is conceived from this premise. The work is a celebration of craftmanship, egalitarianism, the landscape of Dartington Hall and a call to remember its history as a catalyst for experimentation and exploration of radical ideas.
“It brought to mind fluxus performances from the 60’s and seemed
to symbolize a revisiting of Dartington’s history although the involvement of radios in the space
and the knowledge that this was being broadcast on Soundart radio brought the focus into the
present. An experimental practice-based project which was professional, engaging and displayed a rigorous performative approach and inventive use of research material.” - Dr Jo Joelson (London Fieldworks)
The audio is also available in conjunction with the video footage from the performance here - The Test Bed - YouTube
In the place where I’m sitting now, I feel great privilege.
And you’ve asked me to think about medicine
a collective sonic collage by Sarah Scaife
In a sympathetic garden, we made a gentle journey to explore wellbeing and medicine with some honesty. The work is created from original sounds, collected and recorded live in the gardens of Dartington Hall, Devon, UK, by contributors who joined Sarah’s workshop at Sentient Performativities: thinking alongside the human, 2022.
a wonderful collage of voices — including some amazingly vulnerably and moving moments (participant)
In the spaces between us and the more-than-human, we found sensations, imaginings and understandings. These conversations are ultimately lyrical and optimistic, but other voices and feelings are heard.
Sarah warmly thanks the participants who generously shared their recordings and trusted her to create this collage. The participants are Eleanor Snare, Gemma Collard-Stokes, Jane Mason, Katrina Brown, Rita Leduc, Sabine Kussmaul, Sam Francis, Scott Thurston.
Sarah Scaife is an artist and doctoral research student in the University of Exeter Department of Communications, Drama and Film. She uses practice-based performance research methods to explore “medicines of uncertainty”. The research is supervised at the University of Exeter and the University of Bristol and supported by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, UK.
Music: digitally devised by Sarah Scaife remixing ‘Elementary’ by Scott Buckley
Created in partnership with Soundart Radio 102.5FM.