Joining forces with OTE, a non-profit group of storytellers and scientists who use the arts to help reconnect people with nature, we selected three artists to create unique outdoor performances using found natural sounds. Each of the artists – poets Suli Breaks and Amani Saeed, and folk musician Sam Lee – brought a unique perspective to the project. Sam recreated an old Sussex folk song, recording over a beat of found natural sounds, Amani explored her relationship with the outdoors having grown up in the New Jersey suburbs, and Suli Breaks reflects on how losing touch with nature disconnects us from ourselves, from social structures and chains of production.
The folk musician creates a unique outdoor performance using found natural sounds with experimental symphony of beats and birdsong.
The folk musician creates a unique outdoor performance using found natural sounds with experimental symphony of beats and birdsong.
Using found natural sounds in an intimate performance, poet Amani meditates on overcoming her fear of the outdoors and seeks reconnection with the Earth.
Using found natural sounds in an intimate performance, poet Amani meditates on overcoming her fear of the outdoors and seeks reconnection with the Earth.
The further we stray away from nature, the harder it is to feel human, argues poet Suli in his experimental film that interrogates our relationship with nature.
The further we stray away from nature, the harder it is to feel human, argues poet Suli in his experimental film that interrogates our relationship with nature.
Find out more about how On the Edge are using art and storytelling to help us reconnect with nature. You can read more about Odes to Nature series on Huck.
Find out more about how On the Edge are using art and storytelling to help us reconnect with nature. You can read more about Odes to Nature series on Huck.