SIRENS
Commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust
& created in partnership with Pan Intercultural Arts
AUDIO VISUAL INSTALLATION SIRENS, PREMIERED AT FREEDOM FESTIVAL HULL IN AUGUST 2022.
Sirens is a highly tactile, interactive work for public space which looks at the views and representations of women in global society, though the lens of ancient mythology.
Featuring the voices of female survivors of human trafficking from the Amies Freedom Choir (Pan Intercultural Arts), this piece is about feminine wisdom and the power of transformation.
Image description: Three stone like sculptures with blue markings are surrounded by members of the public. People are touching the sculptures and listening to the sounds that come from them. The sky in the background is pale blue, the sculptures are sitting on the tarmac at the top of Scale Lane Bridge in Hull.
““I think it talks about the human spirit and shows that you do not have to accept your fate”
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Image description
A small child in a blue dress and white cardigan wearing a red and black spotted backpack, touches a stone like sculpture with blue markings, with her little finger.
In the background an adult is bending down and touching the sculpture too.
As an accompaniment to the installation, we have created a triptych of podcasts which focus more intensely on the subject matter.
