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LOCATION:The Botanic Garden Visitor Centre
SUMMARY:Musicon/IAS Commission:  Sound Installation by Trevor Wishart
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with Durham University's Institute of Advance
 d Study, as part of the Futures 2 project 'New storylines for living with 
 environmental change: citizen's perspectives'. The internationally renowne
 d maverick of new art form ‘digital opera’, Trevor Wishart ret
 urns to County Durham with a specially commissioned installation work. Thi
 s event is a fruit of the year-long series of public engagement events inv
 olving international academics, Durham’s academics, Wishart and peop
 le from County Durham. Alongside the project’s underlying ‘nat
 ure’ theme, the installation will give artistic expression to the id
 eas explored during the project and, most importantly, to the creative pro
 cesses through which our participating public understand, discuss, reflect
  upon, deliberate and evaluate their own discussions on living with enviro
 nmental change and on the structure of feeling of different technological 
 options. Wishart has been actively involved in the project throughout its 
 duration, present at all of the public engagement discussion meetings. In 
 engaging him in this way, the project team ensured that his creative pract
 ice adds value not only to the project’s outcomes but also to its pr
 ocesses; in particular it adds texture and vibrancy to the articulation of
  issues that emerge from public engagement discussions, their understandin
 g and their relationship with each other. Wishart will feature the voices 
 of people, particularly those he has collected in County Durham over the y
 ears. Set in a scenic and friendly environment at the Botanic Garden, this
  is a rare opportunity for the general public to experience a sense of emp
 owerment and agency through encountering the making of an artwork as a dir
 ect outcome of their thoughts, feelings and discussions. The installation 
 will be available for interactive playing for six weeks to the end of July
 . Children are welcome. In association with the Centre for Contemporary Pe
 rforming Arts Admission free Explore Musicon Concert series website Contac
 t karen.nichol@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
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