Plymouth Art Weekender

I am very excited to be involved in the Plymouth Art Weekender this year. I was approached by two lovely artists who I had met at my Yoga classes Carly Seller, and Lee Jackson, who asked if I wanted to get involved in their Arts Council funded project 'Sound Observations.' This is an interactive experience that ignites the senses and takes you on a journey across my favourite place in the whole wide world...Plymouth!

Plymouth Art Weekender is an ambitious three day event that takes place annually across the city. This is the third Art Weekender and it will be held on 22nd- 24th September 2017 all across the city at various indoor and outdoor venues. The Weekender confidently celebrates Plymouth, its people and the visual arts, promoting the city as an exciting contemporary art destination. The Weekender showcases a wide and diverse range of activity for all ages including a large array of events and exhibitions throughout the city by local, national and international artists.

I had a fantastic time writing a script and recording for a guided mediation that is going to be part of the 'Sound Observations Project'. Sound Observations is an activity guide book featuring site-specific observation activities in locations across Plymouth, all with views of Plymouth Sound. The activities in Sound Observations borrow from meditation techniques to heighten sensory perceptions of the environment using vision and sound. The book will provide space for the reader to become an active participant and create their own artistic responses to the spaces around them. A series of sound recordings designed to enhance and extend aural perception of selected locations will be also be available on the project website. Visitors are invited to complete Sound Observations as a walk in itself, or to break up the experience into separate activities in between visiting other events in the city.

If you are around next weekend, I highly recommend you take part in this fantastic opportunity to connect with and love Plymouth even more than you already do! The book is fantastic and accessible for people of all ages.

If you do have a go at the meditation, it would be great to know you thoughts. Feel free to leave me comments below.

http://cargocollective.com/soundobservations/About-the-project http://plymouthartweekender.com/events/sound-observations/

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