Found Sound: Coventry Creates
Our practice-as-research explores embodied cultural memory and intangible cultural heritage through sound installation. We are working in collaboration with Coventry Cathedral in support of the City of Culture programme. Our first Found Sound installation was attended by c.450 people over two days in September 2019.
For Coventry Creates we have developed a digital version of the project online, in partnership with Connecting Cultures GRP and Innovative Manufacturing & Future Materials GRP, in preparation for new work for 2021. The funding has been used to enable the sound designer to collaborate with a digital practitioner and interdisciplinary researcher to create an immersive sound experience for people at home, made from ‘found sound’ in the cathedral archive. This takes the form of auto-generated content which you can access remotely online and/or as a socially distant artwork on site.
Kieran Lucas is a sound designer, sound artist and theatre-maker. He is a founding member of Barrel Organ theatre company & associate artist at Coney. He is an alumnus of Warwick University. Alongside his work in theatre and performance Kieran has worked on several audio, radio & digital projects including commissions with Headlong & Imperial War Museum and numerous interactive audio games with Coney. Kieran has also designed audio installations for St. Paul's Cathedral, Coventry Cathedral & Natural History Museum. Selected sound & composition credits include: Me For The World (Young Vic), Antigone (New Diorama), GASTRONOMIC (Shoreditch Town Hall/Norwich Theatre Royal), Found Sound (Coventry Cathedral), Companion: Moon (Natural History Museum), How We Save The World (Natural History Museum), TBCTV (Somerset House), Square Go (Paines Plough Roundabout/59E59), A Girl In School Uniform (Walks Into A Bar) (New Diorama) - Off-West End Award & Theatre and Technology Award nominated for Best Sound Design, My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Young Vic), Under The Skin (St. Paul's Cathedral). Sound design samples available here: https://www.kieranlucas.co.uk/media
James Ball is a production manager, technician and occasional web developer. He works primarily in theatre, live music and outdoor art although his specialisation is in sound. Previous work includes: Saint Etienne (Front of House Sound); The Story Museum, Oxford (Technical Design Lead); Roundabout, Paines Plough (Technical Manager); Wild Works Theatre Company (Production Manager). He has a degree in music from Oxford Brookes University. For more information, view his website here: www.jegproductions.co.uk
Jonathan Heron is an interdisciplinary academic with a background in theatre, based at the University of Warwick as IATL Director.
Found Sound is supported by Coventry Creates (City of Culture Trust and the University Partnership) and jointly funded by Connecting Cultures GRP and Innovative Manufacturing and Future Materials GRP
Acknowledgements: Asha Eade-Green, Dianne Morris and John Whitcombe at Coventry Cathedral
