Between the Ears: Miniatures

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Between the Ears: Miniatures: To Have/To Hold

To Have/To Hold

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Aliya Pabani pieces together fragmentary memories of a protest in Toronto.

Aliya Pabani pieces together fragmentary memories of a protest in Toronto from the news images taken on the same day. 

Five audio-makers from around the world take over The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature. Each edition takes an image as its starting point - from an audio-maker who finds herself caught in a news image to a painting come to life.

In To Have/To Hold, Aliya Pabani pieces together fragmentary memories of a protest from the news images taken that day. Standing trying to hold a line around a homeless encampment in Toronto, photo journalists are drawn to her striking red coat amidst a sea of police. One photo in particular, an image from Al Jazeera, catches her eye. As she faces a line of cops, a woman she doesn't know embraces her from behind with the appearance of tender stillness. A look at the multitude of stories a news image can tell and how far they can go to capture reality.

Sound designed by Jesse Perlstein
Produced by Aliya Pabani
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3

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Audio-makers from around the world offer innovative Between the Ears features in miniature

Audio-makers from around the world take over The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature.

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