Το έργο αυτό αποτελεί ένα ηχητικό κολάζ που πραγματοποιήθηκε από μια σειρά ηχογραφήσεων που πραγματοποιήθηκαν στη Φλωρεντία απο τον Νοέμβριο του 2022 εώς και τον Απρίλιο του 2023.
This project is a sound collage made from a series of recordings made in Florence from November of 2022 to April of 2023.
Εξώφυλλο: Ελένη Κοσμίδου 
Cover by: Eleni Kosmidou

Sound and Places: Sound Portrait of Florence

Commissioned by Magnetic Events and Redcar & Cleveland Council
Created for the Odin’s Glow art event.
It has also exhibited at the Illuminating York Festival and the ‘Languages, Myths and Finds’ conference at the University of Nottingham.

This large scale sound installation was a deeply evocative celebration of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon culture, heritage and landscape of the North East of England.
Created as a surround sound work to be experienced after dark, it was situated in an open field in the rural landscape of Cleveland, from a vantage point where the peak of Roseberry Topping would be visible. 
Drawing on a blend of Viking and Anglo-Saxon poetry, riddles and purpose built instruments such as a 10th century reproduction lyre and handmade bone flutes, it sought to give voice to the memories of the land and the people that once lived there. All voices were members of the public who volunteered to be recorded. Built to form an evocative tapestry of seven different languages, (modern Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, alongside the original medieval languages) it sought to reflect linguistic heritage as well as the rich culture of the past and the scale of the autumn landscape.

“The village was filled for several nights with runes, battle-ready warriors, the sounds of hearth-fires and ravens and Old Norse poetry. Karen Monid’s sound piece, Contours, sought particularly to unite the Old Norse with Old and Modern English, and to lead people into a more nuanced understanding of the culture of Norse settlers – by first enticing them in with the romantic strangeness of the stereotype.” - Jo Shortt Butler, 'The Vikings In Cleveland'

Contours

Contours (The Seer - excerpt)

Contours ("The Land Is Holy" - excerpt)

Karen Monid is a UK sound artist and projection specialist who has created award-winning sound art pieces and son et lumière works worldwide. Her work is regularly presented at arts festivals and large scale public events.

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