Inside

HD Video 2’46” 2020. Seven women lend the corporality of their own, unique, voices to the seldom-heard words of women prisoners. These fragmented testimonies invite the listener to consider the fragility of their own liberty, mental stability and significant relationships, and how easily these can be shattered or slip away. With thanks to Ellie Sherwood, Ana Domenech, Kathryn Hardy, Eve Redmond, Ruby Sherwood-Martin, to the late Barbara Singleton, and above all, to the late Liz Sherwood for lending their voices. 

The original site-specific sound installation was located in one of the former women's cells at Deptford Old Police Station. Sound combined with the setting itself - the narrow bed, the covered slops bucket, the acoustic of its unforgiving surfaces- to shift the emphasis from the visual to an encounter or experience for the listener. 'Inside' is a reworking of 'Away' https://soundcloud.com/user-153957995/away created for 'VACANT. IN USE', as part of Deptford X fringe 2017.

Seven women lend the corporality of their own, unique, voices to the seldom-heard words of women prisoners. The original sound installation was located in one of the former women's cells at Deptford Old Police Station. Sound combined with the setting itself - the narrow bed, the covered slops bucket, the acoustic of its unforgiving surfaces- to shift the emphasis from the visual to an encounter or experience for the listener. These fragmented testimonies invite the listener to consider the fragility of their own liberty, mental stability and significant relationships, and how easily these can be shattered or slip away. With thanks to Ellie Sherwood, Ana Domenech, Kathryn Hardy, Eve Redmond, Ruby Sherwood-Martin, to the late Barbara Singleton, and above all, to the late Liz Sherwood. 'Inside' is a reworking of 'Away' https://soundcloud.com/user-153957995/away a site-specific sound work created for 'VACANT. IN USE', as part of Deptford X fringe 2017.