Drop in the Ocean

Drop in the Ocean is a 6 day walking performance in 6 concentric circles around an installation space: the ripples around a drop ( ( ( ( ( ( . ) ) ) ) ) )

Part walking performance, part art installation you may encounter the piece in different ways. Outdoors in the streets or fields, a performer is walking in ever-widening circles around the installation site; carrying water, collecting stories or wishes from the people she encounters, bringing them back to the space at the end of each day. Indoors in the installation itself, lies a quiet space of contemplation; a place for you to meander through a labyrinth of audio waterscapes and sound loops.

Herefordian water adventurer Mark Jickells of the Turquoise Sound Company generously made this reflective film of his experience of the installation and walk during its first performance in Hereford, around an installation at All Saints Church, as part of h.Energy week October 2013 http://www.herefordshirenewleaf.org.uk/h-energy. Mark visited the installation, then accompanied me at the start of the following day’s walk, along the River Wye to Breinton Spring where he also shared a poem written at and inspired by the place.

Drop in the Ocean will be installed and performed again at Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth from 29 April - 5 May 2015 alongside an accompanying installation, in the upstairs gallery, of the Dropped in the Ocean film https://vimeo.com/87669240 and performance process, a collaboration with Canadian artist Bronwyn Preece www.bronwynpreece.com

www.dropintheocean.org.uk