This episode of the Fermynwoods Contemporary Art Podcast features a fragmentary and poetic discussion between Beccy Mccray and Jason Singh, facilitated by Marie-Chantal Hamrock, which melts together into a rich audio tapestry.
Beccy tells us about Intuition Maps – a co-created artwork set in the woodland of Irchester Country Park that leads visitors on a journey through the landscape prompting us to reflect on animal instincts in the context of climate change adaptation.
Jason shares insight into his I Bring my Body to This Place to Observe the Coming and Going of Life – a sound installation in Titchmarsh Nature Reserve during the summer of 2016 which explored themes of home, separation and migration for both people and wildlife.
Through the lens of one another’s work, themes emerge reflecting on nature, movement and our place in the world.
A short transcript of the episode is available here.
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The accompanying visual is a video response to the episode, by artist Sapphire Goss.
Beccy Mccray is an artist whose intersectional climate and nature-focused prater seeks to playfully break down boundaries between art , activism and everyday life. Beccy’s residency with Fermynwoods Contemporary Art was funded by Northants Community Foundation’s Creative Climate Action Fund.
Jason Singh is a sound artist, nature beatboxer, producer, DJ, curator and performer. He follows a multi-sensory and cross-species approach to sound and music through an exploration of the natural world, voice and a wide rage of music technologies.
Our curators for the Love + Light season of the Fermynwoods Podcast are Marie-Chantal Hamrock and Astrid Björklund. Marie and Astrid have previously collaborated as SUBTERRA for Aerial Community Radio in Aberdeen, which “navigates speculative narratives of the chthonic (of relating to or inhabiting the underworld) through text, poetry, soundscapes and music.”