Red Fody and Hammerkop

This print was created as part of a self-directed residency this year at Fermynwoods Contemporary Art Sudborough Green Lodge. It visualises a sound recording of endangered bird species gathered from Kirindy Forest at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey. The sound composition includes Hammerkop, Red Fody and White-faced whistling duck as well as species that could be heard outside of the enclosure, including Blackbird, Chaffinch and Herring Gull. Therefore the drawings created whilst in residence were all based on the vocalisations of these birds. Drawing is a method to document my experiences of listening to birds, to demonstrate the complexities in their vocalisations, expressing rhythm and timbre using hand-made marks. The work isn’t a scientifically correct representation of a sonogram, but rather a method of automatism and interpretation of the wide range of marks produced by this tool.