Hearts, Lungs and Minds
August 20th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick
Here’s an orgy of high-end medical sound for you: gurgles and pings, clicks and whirrs. A mesmerising programme recorded at Harefield heart hospital by sound artist John Wynne. The quiet voices of patients offset the clinical cacophany with their stories. The show went out in Radio 3’s Between the Ears slot in June and was accompanied by photographs taken by Tim Wainwright, including the one on the left (MP3).
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Thanks for your interest in my work - the hospital’s PR department spotted your blog and sent me the link. Tim, the photographer, and I have an installation based on our residency in the transplant hospital starting September 5 at the Nunnery Gallery in London. Info here:
http://www.bowarts.org/thenunnery/index.php?code=42
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Great to hear from you, John. Loved the show. You could really do the Speechification community a favour by alerting us to future projects as they come up - and if you have any interesting audio you’d like an audience for, just drop me a line!
August 30th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
You can find out more about John’s radio work - including a clip from his previous ‘Between the Ears’ about the vanishing click languages of Botswana, ‘Hearing Voices’ - by visiting http://www.fallingtree.co.uk.