Fermynwoods Friday 29 – Duet
Duet was a live performance by Tim Gunnell, a percussionist from Sinfonia Viva, and Tiegan, a wonderful student from Rowan Gate Primary using technology to convert the motion of her head and eyes into melody.
Duet was a live performance by Tim Gunnell, a percussionist from Sinfonia Viva, and Tiegan, a wonderful student from Rowan Gate Primary using technology to convert the motion of her head and eyes into melody.
Can you see sound? was the question asked by David Littler to pupils from Isebrook SEN Cognition and Learning College during a workshop at our cottages in the woods during 2014. The answer would also go someway to explaining why as a visual arts organisation we frequently work with those elusively defined creators that we call Sound Artists.
Interchange (2011) was a fortnight of artistic activity along the Grand Union Canal and River Nene with 3 artists, David Littler, Jo Roberts and Simon Woolham, onboard a narrow boat, engaging with the communities we met along the way.
The current bulletin features information about Sophie Herxheimer’s “A Fictional Guide to the Woods” residency in Rockingham Forest; “Sounding Out” our ongoing project and forthcoming event with artist David Littler, Sinfonia Viva and students from Kettering schools; plus professional development opportunities for artists. You can also read all of our previous bulletins here.
Our Spring 2011 bulletin is now available online. Showcasing our inaugural Open Online exhibition, plus our forthcoming artistic programme including: Active Ingredient’s A Conversation Between Trees residency and installation at Fineshade Woods; Interchange, Fermynwoods’ fortnight of artistic activity and dialogue along the Grand Union Canal and River Nene in Northamptonshire with David Littler, Jo Roberts[…]