Budding Sounds is a climate change and sound art project that composer and sound artist Robert Coleman initiated with students from Clonburris N.S. and Rathfarnham Parish N.S.
Beginning in January 2022 the participating schoolchildren took part in a 12-part series of environmental education and sound art workshops co-presented by Robert and fellow members from Climate Love Ireland; Talita Marcillo, Cathelijne de Wit and Climate Love Ireland founder Laragh McCann. At the heart of the project was a tree planting initiative where the schoolchildren planted native trees in their schools and some at their homes too. Regular visits to the trees, checking in on their growth and development provided a backdrop to the workshops which included creative exercises such as composing sound collages, making sound maps, and field recordings, nature connection meditations as well as presentations on air pollution, biodiversity, sustainability, and more. This all combined into one educational art-science experience, teaching the schoolchildren more about our environment, what they can do to help, and crucially, creative ways in which to express themselves about it.
The project culminated with a sound installation and exhibition at Rua Red South Dublin Art Centre on 1st/2n July 2022.
This showcased creative work by the children, Robert, and Climate Love Ireland members expressing the stories and progress of their tree planting, as well as what the schoolchildren learned and their hopes for the future.
In collaboration with Climate Love Ireland, facilitated by Alternative Entertainments and funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin.
Budding Sounds is a climate change and sound art project that composer and sound artist Robert Coleman initiated with students from Clonburris N.S. and Rathfarnham Parish N.S.
Beginning in January 2022 the participating schoolchildren took part in a 12-part series of environmental education and sound art workshops co-presented by Robert and fellow members from Climate Love Ireland; Talita Marcillo, Cathelijne de Wit and Climate Love Ireland founder Laragh McCann. At the heart of the project was a tree planting initiative where the schoolchildren planted native trees in their schools and some at their homes too. Regular visits to the trees, checking in on their growth and development provided a backdrop to the workshops which included creative exercises such as composing sound collages, making sound maps, and field recordings, nature connection meditations as well as presentations on air pollution, biodiversity, sustainability, and more. This all combined into one educational art-science experience, teaching the schoolchildren more about our environment, what they can do to help, and crucially, creative ways in which to express themselves about it.
The project culminated with a sound installation and exhibition at Rua Red South Dublin Art Centre on 1st/2n July 2022.
This showcased creative work by the children, Robert, and Climate Love Ireland members expressing the stories and progress of their tree planting, as well as what the schoolchildren learned and their hopes for the future.
In collaboration with Climate Love Ireland, facilitated by Alternative Entertainments and funded by Creative Ireland South Dublin.