Aldeburgh Music

‘I am here, in a time of stress, to look at the face of England...’
J. B. Priestley, English Journey, 1934

Inspired by Priestley’s timeless classic, Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore – writers, film-maker, graphic novelist, psycho-geographers – undertake their own journeys across our England. Their first steps together, the opening chapter, is a journey to Aldeburgh.

They are joined by song collector and writer Shirley Collins, one of England’s greatest cultural treasures; composer Susan Stenger, creator of the 96-day-long ‘Soundtrack For An Exhibition’; F. M. Einheit, German avant-garde found-object percussionist; and visual artist Graham Dolphin, who specializes in text and image assemblages.

It is a project like no other – a mapping of place in the here and now; electronic graffiti, folk music and unique writing styles intertwining; voices set in a haunted filmic soundscape. The ancient – the half-remembered, the recent past, the present.

Pre-event talk with the creative team. 
Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 4pm. Admission free, but please book.

Faster Than Sound is generously supported by

An English Journey – ReImagined is a Faster Than Sound partnership commission with the AV Festival 2010