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The Experimental Music Project - Stenness at Solstice Event

  • The Pier Arts Centre 28-32 Victoria Street Stromness United Kingdom (map)
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Working together, Orcadian artists Samantha Gray and Gemma McGregor used photographs, maps, drawings, graphic music notation, replicas of Neolithic instruments and sound tracks to create the installation Stenness at Solstice. This event is curated by The Experimental Music Project

This event will include short performances by three musicians, discussion about the project and time to walk around and reflect on the installation.

Admission is Free

Dr Gemma McGregor is a composer from Orkney who is interested in depicting consciousness and exploring images of time and place in layers of sound. In addition to writing contemporary choral and instrumental music, she has been part of many interdisciplinary performances and collaborations, has created sound-art and written music for film.

Samantha Gray is a mixed media artist and printmaker from Orkney. Her main inspiration is the archaeological sites in Orkney. She is fascinated by these prehistoric sites, the lines they make on the landscape, the natural elements, and the feelings that the sites invoke.