CREAKING MEMORIES

THE SITE-SPECIFIC, GROUP-DEVISED PERFORMANCE FOR THE AURALITY UNIT AT THE TIN TABERNACLE IN KILBURN CENTRED ON THE ACOUSTIC HISTORY OF A SPACE WITH NUMEROUS FUNCTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS. BY INTEGRATING RECORDED SOUNDS FROM THE BUILDING’S MATERIALS WITH COLLABORATIVE GAELIC PSALM SINGING, THE PERFORMANCE SOUGHT TO EVOKE A LAYERED SONIC EXPERIENCE, BLENDING PAST AND PRESENT.

FOLEY TECHNIQUES, TYPICALLY RESERVED FOR FILM SOUND EFFECTS, AND LIVE PARTICIPATORY ELEMENTS EXPANDED THE AUDITORY DIMENSION, ENGAGING BOTH THE PERFORMERS AND THE AUDIENCE IN A SHARED SENSORY SPACE.

THIS CONVERGENCE OF SOUND, MATERIALITY, AND COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION AIMED TO DISSOLVE THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN PERFORMER AND SPECTATOR WHILE RECONFIGURING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY, SPACE, AND SOUND IN A PERFORMATIVE CONTEXT.