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Images by Cuan Roche
Songs of Silt (2024) brought twelve singers together for deep listening and vocal improvisation with the Thames and its river stones. Through written scores, the ensemble explored sonic/somatic memory-making and embodied engagements with sound and water pollution. As an ongoing work, Songs of Silt has produced a multi-channel, spatialised sound installation and site-specific performances. These compositions weave the sonic ecosystems of both place and vocal improvisation – emphasising a mutual, non-extractive listening, and the forming of reciprocal relationships between place and singers.