The River Sounding Journey - Talks and Film Screenings
Tate Britain’s curator Nicola Moorby explored the relationship between Turner and the Thames through his paintings.
Sculptor, installation artist and musician Richard Wilson revisited Bow Gamelan’s performances on the Thames through archival video.
Iain Sinclair, celebrated writer, documentarist, film maker, metropolitan prophet, urban shaman and keeper of lost cultures discussed his current work describing a Thames walk.
Romesh Gunesekera, Writer in Residence at Somerset House, novelist Pauline Melville and poets Jamie McKendrick and Mimi Khalvati led a special journey through the Lightwells, reading new commissioned stories and poems inspired by River Sounding.
Artist and writer Brandon LaBelle presented an overview of interventions into architecture by artists working with sound.
A new sonic cinematic piece created by filmmaker Holcombe and sound artist Asnan. The performance was constructed from material gathered along the Thames and blended together live in the screening room.
Renowned filmmaker William Raban presented two works that reflect on the sights and sounds of the river through an approach that takes in the documentary, the archival and the poetic. The screening was followed by a discussion with the artist.
