garden
Smithfield Rotunda Garden, West Smithfield, EC1A 9PT
Performed by Eva Gerretsen, representing the Boats Bring Bonds collective, this meditative spoken word piece explores the cultural and ecological significance of the oyster to London, reflecting on ideas of “watery commons” and multispecies care.
Barbican, Farringdon
City Thameslink
100
15:00–16:00
This spoken word performance grows out of the Shell as Threshold workshop at London Museum Studios, which explored the cultural and ecological significance of the oyster in London.
Performed by Eva Gerretsen, representing the Boats Bring Bonds collective, the piece reflects on ideas of “watery commons” and multispecies care. Through meditative listening, it invites us to consider new forms of exchange between ourselves and our watery kin – the oyster.
The performance is accompanied by Oyster Music, an original pre-recorded composition by artist Frances Glass. Inspired by hydro-phonic recording techniques, the work sonically inhabits the shifting landscapes of the oyster, interpreting found sounds and synthesis to reveal the inherent music of nature.
Frances Glass is a London-based artist making Art-Pop that questions and reimagines the cultural past, present, and future. Traversing genres, Glass works with symbols of meaning, asking how we hold on to hope in times of instability and accelerating change.
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