Film/ 15 minutes/ 2018
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The Act of Listening//
A Voice isn’t just the words that come out of a mouth but instead a dialogue that is shared. Having a voice is in the act of doing through verbal or non-verbal actions. We can share language through gestures such as body movements and facial expressions allowing us to communicate on a wider platform. Words can add to this language reinforcing what our eyes see as it begins to build up layers of dialogue that will form a voice. Listening is the foundations of a voice because only through listening can someone truly be heard. Listening isn’t just hearing but also seeing, these two fundamentals can function alone or alongside each other. A voice is an invitation for a listener and by accepting this invite you allow the voice to be heard and a dialogue begins between two bodies. Listening holds the most power because until you choose to listen will a voice appear. By listening you give up the power and hand it over to the voice. The voice becomes the focus of the space when the listener acknowledges that a voice should be heard. Too many voices are never heard because we forget to be listeners. This is because in a space full of voices it’s the loudest who are listened to. This is not because of how loud the voice is but instead the accessibility of platforms that allows a body to be heard. |
Recipe for Life
The Act of Listening was made in response to the project organised by Henpower called, Recipe for Life.
Hen Power is an organisation started up locally by Jos Forester-Melville in conjunction with Equal Arts, Gateshead. Hen Power provides hens to isolated individuals and communities by creating activities that encompasses the arts and hens. Recipe for Life is one of many projects that runs within Hen Power.
What makes a good life? Together with Wood Green Residential Home and The Drive Primary School in Gateshead, we discussed exactly this. Since October 2017 the two groups have been meeting up every Thursday to learn from each other. Through painting, drawing, cooking, singing, ceramics, and textiles the group have laughed and smiled throughout the project. The group have worked with external artists who have brought with them many different qualities.
Betty Hill, Hannah Shaw, Lindsey Grieves, Caroline Roach.
vimeo.com/295999785
https://equalarts.org.uk/our-work/henpower
The Act of Listening was made in response to the project organised by Henpower called, Recipe for Life.
Hen Power is an organisation started up locally by Jos Forester-Melville in conjunction with Equal Arts, Gateshead. Hen Power provides hens to isolated individuals and communities by creating activities that encompasses the arts and hens. Recipe for Life is one of many projects that runs within Hen Power.
What makes a good life? Together with Wood Green Residential Home and The Drive Primary School in Gateshead, we discussed exactly this. Since October 2017 the two groups have been meeting up every Thursday to learn from each other. Through painting, drawing, cooking, singing, ceramics, and textiles the group have laughed and smiled throughout the project. The group have worked with external artists who have brought with them many different qualities.
Betty Hill, Hannah Shaw, Lindsey Grieves, Caroline Roach.
vimeo.com/295999785
https://equalarts.org.uk/our-work/henpower