Kathy Hinde: Chirp&Drift
Artist: Kathy Hinde
Creative technologist: Matthew Olden
Poet : Sarah Hymas
Chirp&Drift is a flock of small illuminated instruments temporarily making a home by nesting in a majestic beech tree in the Storey Gardens. The flock chatter in morse code messages, some of which will be de-coded, and others that will dissolve into nighttime whispers. Chirp&Drift artworks extend into the Gallery including bird imitations and interactive pieces.
Chirp&Drift aims to highlight processes where errors and miscommunications occur, as a metaphor for broken ecologies such as interruptions to habitats, narrowing sonic bandwidths for bird-calls to be heard clearly, elongated migration routes and the implications all these factors have on bird-life.
Find out more about the project here
Follow the project progress here
Funders And Partners
R&D stage supported by Arts Council England
Commissioned by Lancaster Arts and Light Up Lancaster
Support in kind from Knowle West Media Centre ‘The Factory’ and RSPB Leighton Moss.
Event Details
The Storey Institute
Chirp&Drift
Information
FREE
Friday 2 November: 5.30pm to 10pm
Saturday 3 November: 5.30pm to 7.30pm
The Storey Gardens
Lancaster City Centre

Kathy Hinde