MILK was commissioned as a contribution to a 24 hour audio broadcast across the solstice, 2020. It was created at home during lockdown (headphones recommended).
Well now, hold on / maybe I won’t go to sleep at all / and it’ll be a beautiful white night / or else I’ll collapse / completely…
Made in Roath in collaboration with Freya Dooley and Sam Hasler, presented a 24 hour audio broadcast event from sunset to sunset during this year’s summer solstice. From 9:30pm on 19th June until 9:30pm on 20th June they streamed through Twitch.
Using the first 24 words (one word for each hour) of Frank O’Hara’s ‘Five Poems’ as the lengthy and meandering title, they complied a selection of soundscapes, stories, broadcasts, music, readings and conversations to mark the longest day of the year. Each line from the poem acted as a loose theme for each segment, connecting an eclectic mix of sounds and voices.
The broadcast featured new and previously unheard works by Ashley Holmes, Jill McKnight, Rhiannon Lowe, Malachy Harvey, Nicola Singh, Fern Thomas, Tom Cardew and Lauren Clifford-Keane… Plus existing soundworks, mixes and readings by artists Marie Malarie, Joseph Bond, Phoebe Davies, Cinzia Mutigli, Jon Ruddick, Synaptic Island, Antonia Dewhurst, Nia Metcalfe, James & Bill Cocks, Karl Price, Ben Ewart-Dean, Jess Akerman, Becca Thomas + Clare Charles, AJ Stockwell and Johana Hartwig...