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The Whispering Gallery presents: The Lost & Found Speech Project
Date + Time: By arrangement with artist
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Time & Date:
By arrangement with artist - see contact details in text.
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Admission:
Free
Venue:
The Model, The Mall, Sligo
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Open Call to Participate
Lost & Found - a sound art project with artist Cathal Roche
‘In all this confusion, how do we find the forgotten? how does the new find us?’
The Lost & Found project offers group, solo and private platforms for individuals to share their spoken thoughts through a community sound art work which will evolve over the next 12 months. Studio artist in residence at The Model, Cathal Roche will facilitate a series of 4 1 x hour round table discussions, collect solo interviews on-site by arrangement, and gather private submissions through an online repository, all on the theme of ‘lost and found in lockdown’.
Spatial sound recordings of the discussions, voices of individuals passing through, and isolated anonymous Sligo callers will be used to create a sonic patchwork of togetherness between distanced voices, and the more isolated, within a sound installation-performance event as part of Cairde Sligo Arts Festival 2022.
Individuals, friends, or small groups interested in participating in the project can contact the artist by email at catroche@yahoo.co.uk or by phone 0876635572.
There are 3 ways you can contribute:
(a) Book a seat at a Round Table discussion
Table 1: Tuesday 6th July, 2pm.
Table 2: Wednesday 7th July, 2pm.
Table 3: Thursday 8th July, 2pm.
Table 4: Friday 9th July, 2pm.
Typically, round table events consist of a moderator, invited speakers as well as questions from a seated audience, Lost and Found discussions will be more informal, consisting only of 6 individuals on equal footing drawn randomly from a pool of volunteers and brought into a conversation of undetermined direction.
(B) Arrange a 1-1 recording with Cathal
Cathal will be conducting short (10 min) contributions by interview at The Model throughout the week of the festival.
You can book a convenient recording slot in advance of your visit to The Model by email or telephone.
(C) Submit your voice anonymously
Visit the artist’s website and use your smartphone or computer to anonymously record a 3 minute (or less) voice message describing what you feel you may have lost or found during lockdown. The Lost & Found Speech Archive will remain open until September ’21. To record and submit a recording now please visit: https://www.cathalroche.org/the-whispering-gallery
Lost & Found is a Whispering Gallery Project by sound artist-composer Cathal Roche made possible through the support of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Music Project Award 2021, with additional support from The Model, Sligo.