Encountering (working title)

https://youtu.be/vscnzx3oJog As the viewer enters the space, there are murmurs, sounds of the voices tumble out of speakers. The sounds become louder and more individually discernible, both washing over the viewer and lapping at their toes. These are female stories gathered from around the time when the women were, or even are, at the cusp of adulthood. Fragments of stories are heard simultaneously, weaving and interweaving the tellers’ lives through the narrative of the listeners’ own. The stories are recorded from local women as well as further afield creating a varied archive of experience. I am looking for experiences at a particular point in their lives when a change or momentous event occurred and where the re-telling of the tale creates a different remembering. Playing simultaneously through multiple speakers, the stories become fragmented to the listener and provide a space for listeners’ own stories to become part of the work. The aim is to create a platform (and archive) of oral narratives. I want to achieve a present-day and continuing record, as well as a long-lasting archive of women's voices that spans continents and highlights intergenerational differences and experiences. If you would like to be part of this work, please leave a message.