Voice Memories
Voice Memory Sample I and II, 2021
Image: Samara Clifford
Image: Samara Clifford
As a practice-led, socially engaged investigation establishing an archive of water memories, I attempt to map the surprising arc of our relationship with water.
Initially this work was developed as part of my Deakin, Contemporary Arts Honours, and later it became embedded within the Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project (VMFRP), the research was designed to contribute an artistic outcome to a predominantly scientific and environmental initiative.
The methodology centered on the collection of oral histories from communities living near nominated Murray River floodplain sites, using the interview audio recordings as a source material for sound, light and installation works.
The central aim was to amplify community water memories and foster reconnection with the floodplains by translating emotionally resonant narratives into immersive contemporary art, suspended over bodies of water as their stories reverberated across the water.
Initially this work was developed as part of my Deakin, Contemporary Arts Honours, and later it became embedded within the Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project (VMFRP), the research was designed to contribute an artistic outcome to a predominantly scientific and environmental initiative.
The methodology centered on the collection of oral histories from communities living near nominated Murray River floodplain sites, using the interview audio recordings as a source material for sound, light and installation works.
The central aim was to amplify community water memories and foster reconnection with the floodplains by translating emotionally resonant narratives into immersive contemporary art, suspended over bodies of water as their stories reverberated across the water.