A site-specific installation, exploring the fabric and history of spaces and places on Portland through sound.
ivon oates composed from sounds and voices recorded in high-arch battery, a victorian fort, on Portland.
Expect to hear voices, songs sung by local people, individual stories and memories about life on Portland. Listen to sounds and comments on aspects of culture or social history.
Visitors are invited to take a journey through the ‘sound-scape’ as they wander within FISHERMAN”S ROW by Chiswell Beach close
to the Cove Inn pub.
This installation offers the audience a chance
to enter a magical space and experience traces
of memory including retreating footsteps, pounding rocks, distant voices and sounds blending with the natural surroundings.
With thanks to local residents, musicians
and enthusiasts without whom there would be
no sound.
Thanks to David Rogers for technical assistance
ivon oates
17th to 26th september 2010
