Finding Some Way Through: A City of the Mind
When : 16th January 2017 - 6:00pm
Where : The Rotunda (Cafe)
Price : Free
Liverpool Mental Health Consortium and Writing on the Wall present… A Listening Party on Blue Monday, 16th January, to celebrate the launch of the soundscape: Finding Some Way Through (A City of the Mind), created by project participants, led by composer and musical director Patrick Dineen.
The group met for twelve weeks, and recorded in locations across the city to create a unified piece of work to mark Blue Monday, regarded traditionally as the most depressing day of the year. The project aims to highlight issues of mental health, work to remove the stigma attached to it, and offer a positive experience to people experiencing mental distress.
Participants worked with Patrick to create an imaginary world with sound, using modern digital technology techniques. The project explored sampling, field recording and studio production. All participants created a ‘district’ of their own in a imaginary city - a city of the mind. From this central metaphor, a narrative was constructed based on an imagined character's journey across the city. The piece uses no spoken narrative, leaving it open for the listener to create their own inner journey as they travel across the city
The project also considered the definition of self and psychological well-being in relation to the psychologically repressive and ‘unhealthy’ world in which we live. ‘Being heard’ is a key theme.
The event will be held at The Rotunda (Café), 107 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool, L5 2PL on the 16th January. It starts at 6pm and ends at 7:30pm. All are welcome to attend.
