The Sound Voice Project
Hannah Conway, Hazel Gould, Luke Halls & David Sheppard / United Kingdom / Installation - Film and immersive audio (opera) / 2024 / International Premiere / 25 min
The Sound Voice Project explores the intrinsic value of the human voice – merging synthetic voices with live opera, performers who have no voice box and digital voices, sharing real-life stories about the symbiotic relationship between our identity and the way we sound.
The Sound Voice Project invites you to explore the intrinsic value of the human voice – merging synthetic voices with live opera, performers who have no voice box and digital voices, sharing real-life stories about the symbiotic relationship between our identity and the way we sound, experienced powerfully through a blend of personal documentary, graphics and digital performance film.
Enter the worlds of those who have lost their first-known voices and now work to build new vocal identities as they recover from the loss of their larynxes. Meet Tania Bage who shares her courageous story of what it is to be a mother with no voice box. Understand what it means for Paul Jameson, his voice destroyed by motor neurone disease, to sing a love song for his wife, duetting with his imagined voice.
This production contains references of grief, cancer, Motor Neurone disease (MND), loss and love.
Winner of the FEDORA Digital Prize 2023 with the support of Kearney
About the artist
Sound Voice, led by composer Hannah Conway, make exceptional live and immersive works of art with sung and spoken voices. They create unique interdisciplinary collaborations between the arts, healthcare, research technology and communities, demonstrating why artists and the arts are catalysts for multi-sector innovation.