Imaginary Aviary

Curated by Vanessa Tomlinson
Presented by BLEACH* and HOTA, Home of the Arts

Featuring compositions by Tara Pattenden, Chris Stover, Jodie Rottle, Flora Wong, Erik Griswold, Peter Knight, Hannah Reardon-Smith, Helen Svoboda and Vanessa Tomlinson.

The Imaginary Aviary is a contribution to speculative ornithology – a consideration of our future climate-transformed soundscape, and a welcome party for new climate-adapted species. Each performer has composed their future birdsong and birdcalls for their imagined future bird. The audience wanders through the imaginary aviary listening in to these birds as individuals and as a community, contained together in the stairwell of an art gallery.

Tara Pattenden – The Bald Tentacled Cockatiel
Chris Stover – Restless Wind-Honker
Vanessa Tomlinson – Rasping Gerrigone
Flora Wong – An unnamed bird
Erik Griswold – Yellow-hatted Warbler
Peter Knight – Pidgecock
Hannah Reardon-Smith - Yellow-Throated Butch
Helen Svoboda – Metal Picker
Jodie Rottle – Golden Tufted Junkbird