Marcus Coates

Follow the Voice

Video & Sound installation

Venue : Unitarian Church, High Street, Shrewsbury
Date :Saturday 11 July – Saturday 8 August
Opening Times : Wed - Sat, 12 noon - 4pm
Launch event : Saturday 11 July, 12 noon – 2pm
FREE

Co-commissioned with Film & Video Umbrella

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In a playful echo of Darwin’s ‘The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals’, Marcus Coates’ new film work, Follow the Voice establishes striking parallels between a range of familiar man-made sounds and an equally evocative chorus of animal cries and calls. Chasing pockets of sound around the urban landscape of Shrewsbury, (the ‘beep’ of the supermarket checkout; the siren of a reversing delivery lorry) and by slowing down or speeding up his recordings, Coates reveals an extraordinary likenesses with the natural calls of animal species. Follow the Voice captures the heightened feeling of interconnectedness at the heart of Darwin’s view of the world, and reminds us of the spirit of curiosity and discovery that infuses his ideas.

Premiered at the Unitarian Church where Darwin worshipped as a child, with access by kind agreement of the congregation, it is presented in partnership with Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.

Follow the Voice also features in The Weather Man evening here.

Sound & Video Downloads

Download sound clips from the installation below

Preview a video clip from Follow the Voice