SARAH KEIRLE-DOS SANTOS
Welcome to Britain, thousands of years ago. Walk through our ancient woods, our rivers and wetlands, our open meadows and dense forests, all thick with the sounds of nature. Hear the calls and movements of animals that roamed this landscape. Every sound you hear was created using recordings taken at Wildwood Trust, a centre for the conservation of British wildlife that features both past and present species. Twenty-seven of these species appear in Our Ancient Woods: Arctic Fox · Barn Owl · Boar · Common Crane · Eagle Owl · Eurasian Elk · Eurasian Lynx · Eurasian Otter · European Bison · European Brown Bear · European Polecat · European Wildcat · Fallow Deer · Grey Wolf · Konik Horse · Little Owl · Pine Marten · Raven · Red Deer · Red Fox · Red Squirrel · Red-Billed Chough · Reindeer · Rook · Soay Sheep · Tawny Owl · White Stork Our Ancient Woods is the first piece from Sarah's PhD Portfolio. Find out more about her PhD research here.
OUR ANCIENT WOODS
(2021)
Welcome to Britain, thousands of years ago. Walk through our ancient woods, our rivers and wetlands, our open meadows and dense forests, all thick with the sounds of nature. Hear the calls and movements of animals that roamed this landscape.
Every sound you hear was created using recordings taken at Wildwood Trust, a centre for the conservation of British wildlife that features both past and present species. Twenty-seven of these species appear in Our Ancient Woods:
Arctic Fox · Barn Owl · Boar · Common Crane · Eagle Owl · Eurasian Elk · Eurasian Lynx · Eurasian Otter · European Bison · European Brown Bear · European Polecat · European Wildcat · Fallow Deer · Grey Wolf · Konik Horse · Little Owl · Pine Marten · Raven · Red Deer · Red Fox · Red Squirrel · Red-Billed Chough · Reindeer · Rook · Soay Sheep · Tawny Owl · White Stork
Our Ancient Woods is the first piece from Sarah's PhD Portfolio.
Performances:
November 2022: SOUND/IMAGE Festival
July 2022: ICMC, ROI
June 2022: NYCEMF, USA
January 2022: FIXED.wav 2021, Empirica Records
January 2022: BFE/RMA Conference, Plymouth
November 2021:MANTIS, UK
October 2021: The Sound of Colour, Jersey
October 2021: NWCDTP ResConf, UK
October 2021: Skipton Big Ideas Exhibition, Jersey
September 2021: REF - Resilience Festival, Italy
September 2021: MeCCSA-PGN Conference, UK
April 2021: MANTIS, UK