THE SOUND OF COLOUR: ARRIVALS
Tracing the emergence of language in Jersey through projection mapping and immersive soundscape at St Helier Town Church.
Friday 8 to Saturday 23 November 2024 - No booking required
ArtHouse Jersey’s The Sound of Colour: Arrivals, is a new projection mapping project to be presented at St Helier Town Church from Friday 8 to Saturday 23 November. Featuring visuals by international artist Akhila Krishnan and a soundscape by the Jersey electroacoustic composer Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos the piece is co-authored and produced by Natasha Dettman for ArtHouse Jersey. It follows the success of the first edition of The Sound of Colour: Origins (2021) which also completely transformed the iconic venue of St Helier Town Church with projection and soundscapes. Opening times are Monday to Friday 10:30am to 6pm, Saturday 10:30am to 7pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm. This is a free entry event where the piece will continue to play throughout the day. No pre booking is required.
Arrivals explores the emergence of language in Jersey; from the distant whisperings of the Magdalenian people of the late Stone Age, the Iron Age Celts of Gaul, the Romans, the Franks, the Normans, to the appearance of our native language Jèrriais. Bringing light into the darkening month of November, Arrivals considers how our language and culture has been woven into existence and shaped over thousands of years of settlement of this Island by different peoples and cultures. We finally land in present day Jersey, where the sounds of modern English, French, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Swahili, Filipino and many more languages can be heard.
The immersive soundscape created by Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos features the voices of many Islanders speaking some of the languages which would at various times have been spoken widely and some which may have made a brief appearance in Jersey.
Special events on Saturday 16 November - Tickets £5 via Eventbrite
On Saturday 16 November there will be a Double Bill Presentation of both The Sound of Colour: Origins (2021) + The Sound of Colour: Arrivals (2024). The first presentation takes place at 5:30pm the second at 7:30pm.
These exclusive weekend evening viewings also give visitors the opportunity to enjoy Origins which explores the human journey on a macro/micro level from the intricate patterns found in nature, to the vast expanse of the cosmos and our sense of place within this moment in time, as well as the current Arrivals. Suitable for all, although we ask that children are always accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. Booking via ArtHouse Jersey’s Eventbrite page for £5.
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CREDITS. Visuals: Creative Direction & Design, Akhila Krishnan, Technical Leas, Maximilien Spielbichler. Animation, Lawrence Watson & Georgia Clegg. Additional Programming & Engineering. Richard Wells Sound: Sound Design and Music, Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos. Voice recordings, JP Le Blond. ArtHouse Jersey would like to thank Annigna Kennedy, Geraint Jennings, Tom Oxenham, Richard Pedley, Marianne Sargent, Ben Spink, the team at Cheval Roc Residential and Nursing Home including Joyleen, Ella, Anna, Filipe, Eduardo, Fouda and Ruth and the Jèrriais conversation group at Jersey Pearl.
About Akhila Krishnan
Akhila Krishnan is a multi disciplinary designer and director working across the fields of communication design - in live experience & immersive technologies, graphic narrative, moving image for screen and fine art. She graduated from the Royal College of Art and the National Institute of Design. She was also an exchange student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Her work has recently been nominated at the Drama Desk Awards, International Opera Awards, the Novellos, What's on Stage Awards and Broadway World UK. Over the course of her career she has also received several other honours including the Inlaks Shivadasani Scholarship, Man Group Drawing Prize and the IDPA Silver Prize.
About Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos
Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos is a Jersey born electroacoustic composer, lecturer, and performer based in Manchester, UK. Her acousmatic and interactive works, which primarily explore the connection between people and their environment, have been performed at concerts, festivals and conferences across the world. Sarah is an electroacoustic composer and performer based in Manchester, UK. Having completed her PhD in 2024, she now works as a Lecturer in Electroacoustic Composition at the University of Manchester. Her works have been performed at the ICMC, EASTN-DC, Radio CASo, Reform Radio, BEAST FEaST, MANTIS, ArtHouse Jersey, Diffrazioni Festival, Mariannenplatz, Espacios Sonoros, TAma Festival, Ecos Urbanos, NMNW, REF Festival, BFE/RMA, MeCCSA-PGN, NWCDTP ResConf, and SHETogether. Her works have also been released by Empirica Records (FIXED.wav 2021) and ABLAZE Records (Electronic Masters vol. 8). Sarah is also currently a member of KANTOS, a chamber choir comprising of the top choral singers across the North West of England.
THE SOUND OF COLOUR 2022
The Sound of Colour 2022 was yet another projection with soundscape offering which took visitors on a sensory journey within the gallery walls of ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House. Through the work of four international artists, each offered a particular take on how we perceive and experience the world around us. It drew inspiration from playful digital exhibitions in the halls of Tate Modern, the show featured immersive installations and interactive projections, from bold, psychedelic ‘liquid’ projections that respond to the music of Monteverdi, to invisible weather patterns and microscopic insect sounds, the show employs technology to play with sound and light, creating illusions and sensory stimulation. Artists featured included Kimatica, Semiconductor, Adam Basanta and Burak Özdemir.
THE SOUND OF COLOUR: ORIGINS (2021)
The Sound of Colour: Origins (2021) was a limited run of events also designed by internationally renowned projection designer and creative director Akhila Krishnan. This unique commission served as the headline event for Skipton Big Ideas, the charity’s interactive exhibition on a scale never before seen in the island at the St. Helier Town Church, jointly sponsored by Bedell Cristin and UBS, this edition of The Sound of Colour was designed to be a fully immersive spectacle that left the audience feeling truly inspired. It explore the themes of identity and sustainability using projected images and film loops that will fill the entirety of the ceiling of the St. Helier Town Church with colour and light. The moving imagery was accompanied by a live performance of a specially commissioned musical score by Berlin-based music producer Viv Le Vav, one that combines instruments, electronic sounds, and the voice of singer-songwriter and BBC Introducing artist, Casi. The Sound of Colour is a unique 30-minute performance of visuals and sounds, delivered at an international arts standard and transported audiences far beyond the walls of the Town Church.
