Overview
Members of the public who have accessibility issues and cannot visit the various sites can listen directly to the Hum Soundtracks here.
A reflection and meditation on our own everyday interactions with the city.
Half cinema, half reality, where a specially composed soundtrack on your smartphone and visuals of the surrounding environment weave together to create a brand new event for 2017.
Further Details
Journey through the streets of the city by clicking on the links below to encounter often-overlooked places and the events that happen there.
Forming a series of acute observations on how we live and interact with the urban environment, The Hum incorporates text from four diverse artists including: international dance artist Wendy Houston, dance writer for The Times Donald Hutera, Maria Oshodi director of Extant Theatre Company of visually impaired people and live artist Pete Phillips. These writers explore the subtle qualities of observed and experienced movement to create their own idiosyncratic narratives ranging from the poetic and humorous through to the ironic and subversive.
Re-visiting the mundane activities of our everyday lives, The Hum questions and elevates these inadvertent acts of choreography to the status of a feature film. At times profound yet often personal it is an immersive work that reveals an alternative view of the city through movements that take place within it.
In the Hum there are no performers and no stage just real life, framed as an unusual and surprising performance.
Soundtracks
Escalators text Nic Sandiland
Photo Me Booth text Pete Philips
Concourse text Wendy Houston
Jubilee Square text Wendy Houston
Laundrette text Donald Hutera
Automatic Doors 1 text Pete Philips
Pedestrian Crossing text Wendy Houston
(viewed through Waterstones’ windows from above)
Automatic Doors 2 text Donald Hutera
Sci-Fi Section text Nic Sandiland
Toilets text Maria Oshodi
Elevator text Nic Sandiland
Pedestrian Crossing 2 text Maria Oshodi
Countdown text Maria Oshodi
Cashpoint text Pete Philips
Arcade text Donald Hutera
Credits
Direction & Design: Nic Sandiland
Writers: Wendy Houston, Donald Hutera, Maria Oshodi, Pete Philips, Nic Sandiland
Readers: Amy Lyster, Jodie Hawkes, Alonna Flexer, Caroline Hume, Donald Hutera, Robert Kingsley, Pete Philips
Music: James Keane
Additional Soundscore: Nic Sandiland
Coder: DabApps
Supported by Arts Council England, South East Dance,
Commissioned by Brighton Festival