GEOPHONIC
Lorna Rees & Activate Performing Arts
* Free admission with reservation.
* Itinerant performance
* Starting point: Edge of the Montsacopa Volcano’s crater // End point: Montsacopa Volcano’s Crater
* Not recommended for persons with reduced mobility.
* For the event on Saturday 20 April at 12 noon there will bé a previous touch tour (10'30 am at Espai Cràter). For information and reservations, please contact us at eforment@olot.cat
A touch tour is a tactile visit primarily designed for people with visual impairments. It precedes an accessible performance with audio description, aimed at making the performing arts more accessible for blind audiences. During the tour, participants can explore costumes, clothing or certain set elements. Additional information about the production they will be attending as audience members will also be provided.
Geophonic is a site-responsive performance piece and sound walk encouraging audiences to listen to the geological processes of the Earth. We hear geology all the time, but we might not realise that we are doing so.We want people to listen to the processes of the Earth and dynamic erosion of both wind and water on rocks and to notice how it shapes our landscapes even during our short lifetimes. Audiences will use beautiful hand-spun aluminium geophones to listen and observe 12 points on a guided ritualistic journey. Some of the sonic content is naturally occurring, some will be made by human voice and others with augmented sound and field recording.
Lorna Rees makes innovative, cross-artform work for unusual places. With theatre at its core, her live performance, music and installation work is frequently inspired by Earth Sciences, and almost always takes place outdoors. Lorna is Artistic Director of Gobbledegook Theatre who tour their playful work nationally and internationally.
Activate Performing Arts believes live performance has the power to fire the imagination, uplift and connect us. We exist to promote, support and produce performing arts projects in our communities. We bring world-class events to unexpected places, like town centres, village squares, beaches and hilltops. And we’ve been doing it for over 30 years.
Igneous (Pumice): Onioluwa Taiwo / Metamorphic (Gneiss): Remi Oriogun-Williams / Sedimentary (Chalk): China Blue Fish / Sedimentary (Coal): Lorna Rees / Mineral (Quartz): Tamsin Fessey / Processional Lead: Adam Coshan / Creator and Director: Lorna Rees / Costume Design: Adele Keeley / Earth Scientist Advisor and Collaborator: Dr Anjana Khatwa / Sound and Music: Matthew Shaw, Laura Reid, Cohen Braithwaite- Kilcoyne and Ricci Riccardi / Assistant Design and Costume Creation: Sarah Dicks / Rock Head-dresses: Darrell Wakelam / Digital Textile Creation: Becca Stevenson and Charlotte Baxter / Geophone Product Design Consultant: Liam O’Brien / Geophone Fabrication: Ben Bailey (Metal Spinning Direct), Julian Hoare and Jason Holloway (Ferndown Finishing) / Photography: Jayne Jackson & Mike Petitdemange / Podcast: Joanne Tyler (SoNiche)
https://www.gobbledegooktheatre.com // https://activateperformingarts.org.uk
Geophonic is funded by Activate Performing Arts, Jerwood Arts, Arts Council England, Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Gobbledegook Theatre, with support from the Arts University Bournemouth ERDF innovation programme.
