Wide Ocean

Lyrics by Viv Gordon
Music by Viv, Quinta & Tom Johnson 

Voice: Viv Gordon
Guitar: Tom Johnson 
Violin: Quinta 
Bass: Andy Hamill 
Drums: Sean Randle
Voice Coach: Helen Porter 
Exec Producer: Kate McStraw 
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Camilo Salazar at Morley Studios
Assistant Sound Engineer: Five

Wide Ocean

She walks... is the first music release from Viv Gordon Company, combining music, song, spoken word, rap and hand drawn animations. 

Music video available via: [Youtube link]

Artistic Director - Viv Gordon 
Lyrics and Vocals - Viv Gordon and JPDL 
Backing Vocals - Quinta 
Music and Production - Quinta 
Drums - Alex Thomas 
Vocal Engineering - Sam Fryer
Mixing - TJ Allen 
Mastering - Shawn Joseph
Animator - Lou Sumray 
Project Producer - Kate McStraw 

Track artwork by Lou Sumray, taken from animation. 

Based on an original poem by Viv Gordon inspired by the Portland landscape in Dorset, UK.

She walks… is part of ‘Restless’ campaign for visibility of survivors of childhood sexual abuse, led by Viv Gordon Company. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

She walks...

Our work is a campaign to increase visibility, voice and community with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). 
 
CSA remains a taboo subject and is rarely talked about outside therapeutic support settings and, because of this, survivors lack cultural and political representation resulting in CSA survivors being the largest marginalised group most people have never heard of.
 
There’s an estimated 11 million of us. 
 
VGC’s work seeks to remove barriers to participation for CSA survivors and drive narrative change moving away from ideas of victimhood, guilt, shame, isolation and cultural silencing towards celebrating survival, joining together and laying claim to cultural space to make noise about our experiences, rights and concerns. We do this through creative activities:  performances, installations, poetry, writing, workshops, campaigns, consultancy and more.
 
Artistic Director, Viv Gordon has a strong track record as a theatre maker, arts/mental health campaigner & survivor-activist grounded in her lived experience of child sexual abuse.

Viv Gordon Company

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