You are invited to an evening with experts from across the education and cultural sectors, to discuss and share learning around engaging young people in culture and community. Seminar on Tuesday 8th November 2011, 17.45 – 20.00pm, Devon Record Office, Exeter (EX2 7NL).
A Dartmoor soundscape, a combination of spoken word and field recordings. This work forms part of an archive that was produced during my time with South Dartmoor Community College as part of The School Looks Around: a creative collaboration between Daisi, 271 Year 8 students and myself, Joe Stevens, as lead artist. The project aimed [...]
In the research for my recent residency in Dartmoor, two things stood out that formed the basis for the work produced. One was how culturally we tend to think of landscapes as natural phenomenon, with some inherent quality that exists outside our understanding and ownership of them, even though humans have altered almost all of the British landscape in some way. The other was this quote: “Geography imposes arbitrary lines upon territories that are essentially continuous. Everyday life fixes these lines in place by reiterating the performance on which the permanence of this delimitation depends.”
This framework:afield documents the creative collaboration between Devon Arts in School, South Dartmoor Community College, 271 Year 8 students and Joe Stevens, as part of The School Looks Around. The audio features a Dartmoor soundscape with the students description of the landscape, in a combination of spoken word and background sounds.
