Slow Radio: Remapping the Field

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Remapping the Field

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In the dream(ing) field, black women and femmes re-vision their relationship with land.

An immersive soundscape created from sounds recorded at the dream(ing) field lab where women and femmes of the African diaspora rest and re-vision their relationship with land.

Part crucible, part carnival, part sanctuary, part imaginarium - dream(ing) field lab - co-founded by the artists Jennifer Farmer and Zoe Palmer - weaves together acts of rest, ritual, care, creation and celebration offering a space for women and femmes of the African diaspora to re-vision their relationship with land in the context of climate breakdown. 

For this episode of Slow Radio, composer and sound artist Nina Perry has created an immersive soundscape, capturing the rhythm of rest and flow from sounds she recorded at the dream(ing) field lab 3-day retreat in the wild Somerset countryside. These found sounds are subtly abstracted to create an ambient dreamlike piece that encourages rest and relaxation. The audible natural world mingles with the bubbling laughter of black women and femmes ringing through the fields; the gentle emergence into the day marked by a dawn chorus of tents being unzipped, morning salutations and birdsong – We hear glimpses of conversations, a herb walk to discover some of the native plants and their properties, before coming to rest on the earth at the roots of entwining trees. 

Dream(ing) field lab is a Common Ground commission by Season for Change, a nationwide programme of artistic and cultural events that celebrate the environment and inspire urgent climate action. Led by Julie’s Bicycle and Artsadmin, and supported by Arts Council England and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Composed and Produced by Nina Perry

Photography by Flannery Miller

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