You are the place is a new sound installation inspired by and created with the communities of Rochdale. Curated by artist Shilpa Gupta, workshops by local groups invited participants to respond to questions like: Is there something you think about very often? What is it? Have you left it behind somewhere? Where? Do you miss it? Capturing their thoughts through drawings and writing, their responses were shared with local songwriters who composed verses in some of the many languages spoken in Rochdale – Ukrainian, English, Urdu, Portuguese, Cantonese, Punjabi, Polish and Arabic. These verses were then brought to life by a constellation of voices from within the communities and beyond. The different voices and languages are woven into the sound installation like pieces of memory, crossing invisible borders and speaking of longing and movement.
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