Collective writing and sonic ritual jam - Meeting The Lough On Its Own Terms

All are welcome to join us on Friday for this workshop which emphasises listening, and sound, as practices central to decentering the human, amongst the vulnerable ecologies of Lough Neagh and the watershed. Rituals have acted historically, as early technological interfaces, scoring human / nature relationships, in very particular ways.  

How does 'sensing' the lough - from eels and microbes to ottters, as well as the nutrient quota of the water itself - inform a new perspective that recalibrates our relationship to nature, in a way reminiscent of older traditions such as druidry, permaculture, herbalism... and so on?

In this session, we will be drawing from, and contributing new thoughts to, the collective writing project that is concerned with the conditions that brought the Lough to its current state, and taking from this phrases, ideas, and words that we find pertinent. We'll follow this with vocalising some of these with John D'Arcy of Sonic Arts and HIVE Choir, contributing to a sonic work that tries to grasp something of this multi-species perspective. The work considers how human voice/s in a polyphonic approach might sit within this delicate ensemble, to reflect the new calibration we are hoping to bring about.​​

Sounds already gathered include:

• eels 
• microbes 
• nutrients reading of the water in the Lough
• underwater recordings of the loughs deepest point
• other ambient underwater recordings 
• human voices articulating some of the collective writing done so far 

Please RSVP to jane@pssquared.org. Light refreshments will be available.