Nature Calling Conversations #3: Gwyneth Herbert, Jason Singh and Chris Howard

As part of the National Landscapes Association’s Nature Calling arts programme, six artists commissioned to produce pieces in collaboration with National Landscapes teams and local communities will be talking about their practice for a special webinar series: Nature Calling Conversations.

The third Nature Calling Conversation will be between Gwyneth Herbert, Jason Singh and Chris Howard, commissioned artists for Mendip Hills National Landscape. Places are free, book on eventbrite.

Nature Calling Conversation #3:
An acclaimed composer, lyricist and performer with connection at the heart of her practice, Gwyneth Herbert has collaborated with artists and communities around the world to create a huge canon of genre-defying work. Commissions include London Sinfonietta, Snape Maltings, Mahogany Opera. Jason Singh is highly regarded sound artist, beatboxer, DJ and workshop leader, working across installations in museums and the outdoors, live performances and community residencies. Processing bio-data from plants, trees, wildlife, Jason captures the unheard sounds of nature within his compositions. Commissions include BBC, V&A, Milton Keynes Festival, and WOMAD. Chris Howard is an award-winning producer and director of British wildlife documentaries including the BBC’s Springwatch and Wild Isles series. He also collaborates with other artists, musicians and authors to bring British wildlife to life in new ways.

Gwyneth, Jason and Chris’s Nature Calling project View In View Out'View In View Out' (VIVO) is a unique, immersive 360 soundscape presented in Weston-super-Mare this July.

Inspired by collaborative workshops with young people and community groups - held in Weston-super-Mare and the Mendip Hills National Landscape - co-authors Gwyneth Herbert, Jason Singh and Chris Howard, with producers’ Sound UK and Super Culture, have created a new work, weaving participants’ responses into the sounds of Mendip wildlife, trees, plants and cave acoustics.

VIVO Installation: An empty shop will be transformed into a unique, 360 immersive soundscape; exploring the landscape, plants, people and wildlife of the Mendip Hills and Weston-super-Mare. The audio will track through layers of time, soil, stone and roots to hear the ancestors of the caves, the dying song of the ash trees, the birds of the plateau. Hear the song of the ghost of Charterhouse, the tales of a Mendip storyteller, and the voices of children from Weston.

VIVO Trails: Following the launch of the VIVO installation and taking place throughout the summer, people are encouraged to visit the Mendip Hills National Landscape and engage with an augmented reality (audio and animated illustrations) trail on Mendip. This experience will also be happening in Weston's South Ward.Find out how you can experience View In View Out.