12 Last Songs

Quarantine / Battersea Arts Centre

Sound No. 1

“A durational work from Quarantine - part-performance, part-exhibition of people – 12 Last Songs is a 12-hour-long piece that, across that time, invites around 30 people into the room to demonstrate their labour, the work that they do… It brings a diverse set of people together from the location where it’s performed to create a complex portrait of people and place.”

“The project talks about our relationship with work, and through that lens, about representation. It asks us to consider how we spend our time. It brings people together who might not otherwise meet. That part is crucial.”

As Sound No. 1 on 12 Last Songs at Battersea Arts Centre, I was responsible for designing and installing the PA and temporary sound infrastructure, setting up and managing both radio and wired microphones, and operating sound for the 12 hour performance.

Photo by Ewan Michael Riley