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Friday 8 July

from 14:00 CEST until 12:00 noon on Saturday 9 July

David Buckland

RiverRun

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“a way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs”         - Finnegan’s Wake,  James Joyce

RiverRun interrogates how Rivers are ecological arturaries of human and non-human well-being. In the UK and throughout Europe our rivers are seriously polluted from human waste release, farm run-off of nitrates, phosphates and animal waste, and algae growth.

Among this detritus, RiverRun celebrates just how magical a river can be – inspirational, healing, and imbedded into our own psyches - musically celebrated by so many artists.

For twenty-two hours a soundscape explores the chalk rivers of Dorset – home to salmon runs, eco-diversity, the sound of beauty, creatures, and magic. Through the spoken word,  learned papers, fables, harvested hydroponic creatures, the dawn chorus, and the work of science, RiverRun brings what we have and what we stand to lose.

David Buckland creator and founder of the Cape Farewell project, an artist, filmmaker, and ecological activist has created and directed RiverRun.

A team of sound artists, writers, poets, scientists, anthropologists, narrators, and musicians have contributed in force:

 

Adrian Newton, professor, and sound artist

David Rogers, electricbackroom Studio

Lynn Davy, Zoologist

Helen Moore, eco poet

Professor Veronica Strang, Writer, and author of Water, Nature and Culture, The Meaning of Water and Water Beings (to be publisher March 2023)

Kenneth Grahame, author, Wind in the Willows

Narrators: David Buckland, Dr. Paul Baird, Mandi Bissett, Dr. Kate MacMonnies.

Music includes: Handel’s Water Music, Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the Yellow River Cantata, Talking Heads- Take me to the River, Al Green – Take me to the River, Bruce Springsteen-the River, Old Man River, PJ Harvey-Down by the River, Kawa no Nagare no Yo ni, Joni Mitchell-River, Ferry Crossed the River, Billy Joel-River of Dreams, Patti Smith-Pissing in the River ….

 

 

RiverRun 22 hour radio broadcast script

22 one hour radio chapters.

Each chapter starts with a reading from Finnegans wake using different voices and voice treatments:

“a way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs” 

Chapter 1.  2pm

‘Take me to the River’  performed by Talking Heads

Joyce/Dr Paul Baird

Conversation with David Buckland and river sounds - Adrian Newton

Chapter 2.  3pm

Joyce/Prof. Veronica Strang

The River – Bruce Springsteen.

Helen Moore reading Dorset Waterbodies - a Common Weal with River mix by Adrian Newton

[Helen Moore was commissioned by Cape Farewell to write her long form poem over a period of a year in 2021, working with river scientists, farmers and artists in Cape Farewell’s RiverRun project first exhibited at Lighthouse in Poole November 2021]

Chapter 3. 4pm

Joyce/Buckland

Wind in the Willows Chapter 7 - The Piper at the Gate read by Mandi Bissett in German

Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

[Pink Floyd first album inspired by The Piper at the Gate]

Chapter 4. 5pm

Joyce/Mandi Bissett

Pink Floyd:  The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Sounds of the PONDS by Adrian Newton and David Rogers.

German River report read by Dr Paul Baird in German

[Adrian Newton, Lyne Davy and David Rogers spent three days staying in the Artists Residency at the WaterShed/Cape Farewell HQ recording river, pond, bird sounds in partnership with David Buckland. A joyous time of Natures cacophony, festive dinners and wonderful exchanges of ideas. They also recorded Dr Paul Baird, a resident of Sydling St Nicholas who is the drummer in Cell Division]

Chapter 5. 6pm

Joyce/Prof Veronica Strang

Prof, Veronica Strang reading from: WaterBeings: From Nature Worship to the Current Environmental Crises

Strauss Blue Danube Waltz.

Underwater Sounds scape by Adrian Newton

Veronica Strang reading from her book: Water - Nature and Climate

Underwater Sounds scape by Adrian Newton

[Veronica Strang, a cultural anthropologist, has written many books all focused on Water, what it is, what it means and why we must protect it as it suffers from human expansion. She travelled down from Oxford to the WaterShed to spend a day reading from her books and sharing her passion for all things water]

Chapter 6. 7pm

Joyce/Dr Paul Baird

Handels Water Music.

[Handel was commissioned to write the Telemann suites in response to George 1’s request for a concert on the River Thames. “At about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 July 1717, King George I and several aristocrats boarded a royal barge at Whitehall Palace, for an excursion up the Thames toward Chelsea. The rising tide propelled the barge upstream without rowing. Another barge, provided by the City of London, contained about 50 musicians who performed Handel's music. Many other Londoners also took to the river to hear the concert. According to The Courant, "the whole River in a manner was covered" with boats and barges. On arriving at Chelsea, the king left his barge, then returned to it at about 11 p.m. for the return trip. The king was so pleased with Water Music that he ordered it to be repeated at least three times, both on the trip upstream to Chelsea and on the return, until he landed again at Whitehall.[2]” Wikipedia ]

Chapter 7. 8pm

Joyce/Mandi Bissett

River Allen Recordings: Adrian Newton

Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter1. Mandi Bissett reading in French.

[Mandi Bissett co-directs Cape Farewell with David Buckland. Fluent in four languages, Mandi is a passionate European and in despair over Brexit]

Chapter 8. 9pm

Joyce/Sarah Washington

Lynn Davy - conversation and Bats: River Allen in Wimbourne Minster, Dorset

To include Bats music and river sounds and bird sounds.

[Botanist Lynn Davy in conversation with David Buckland and they follow the River Allen through Wimbourne - Pure Urban Joy]

Chapter 9  10pm

Joyce/Buckland

PJ Harvey - Down by the Water

Adrian Newton - Sounds from a walk down the Sydling Water

Dr Paul Baird reading in German the State of River report.

Chapter 10. 11pm

Joyce/Buckland

Adrian Newton - Sounds from a walk down the Sydling Water

Down the River to Pray – Alison Kraus

Wind in the Willows, Chapter 1, read by Dr Kate McMonies [with Liverpool accent]

Adrian Newton - Sounds from a walk down the Sydling Water

Chapter 11.  12pm

Joyce Dr Paul Baird

The Yellow River Cantata, Moscow/Western rendition. Xian Xinghai

Chapter 12.  1am

Joyce/Dr Paul Baird

Dawn Choris – David Rogers. The WaterShed

Chapter 13. 2am

Joyce/ Mandi Bissett

Down by the River- Neil Young

Veronica Strong reading from ‘The Rights of Rivers’.  Poly Higgans – Ecocide: destruction of the natural environment by deliberate or negligent human action.

Old Man River / Paul Robeson

Veronica Strong reading from The Meaning of Water.

River -Joni Mitchell

Down by the River – Alison Kraus

Pissing in the River – Patti Smith

Chapter 14. 3am

Joyce/Sarah Washington

The Water Music. Handel

Chapter 15.  4am

Joyce / Veronica Strang

Dawn Choris  David Rogers

Chapter 16.  5am

Joyce / Dr Paul Baird

Dawn Choris/David Rogers with heavy sound treatment by David Buckland

Chapter 17.  6am

Joyce / Buckland Buckland

Helen Moore re-reading Dorset Waterbodies - a Common Weal with River mix by Adrian Newton

Chapter 18.  7am

Joyce/Veronica Strang

Prof. Veronica Strang reading from: WaterBeings: From Nature Worship to the Current Environmental Crises

River/Pond recordings by Adrian Newton with sound treatment by David Buckland

Chapter 19.  8am

Joyce/Sarah Washington – treatment by Buckland

Big River – Greatful Dead

Raw Sewage – Dr Paul Baird

Yes, the River Knows – The Doors

Reggae on the River – Isreal Vibration

Sounds of the Pond – Newton/Buckland

Many Rivers to Cross

Chapter 20.  9am

Joyce/ Paul Baird

Waltz time

Paul Biard – species

Waltz Time

Paul Baird reading from the Royal Society report revealing Pollution is the Biggest Threat to Wildlife on our Waterways

Waltz Time

[Paul reading the rspb report is mixed with the folly of the Waltz – a rough quality PUNK rendition of ‘the State we are In’ and human folly]

Chapter 21.  10am

Joyce / Sarah Washington

Take me to the River – Talking Heads

Down by the River – Neil Young

River – Joni Mitchell

Yes, the River Knows – The Doors

River Euphrates – Pixies

Ferry Cross The Mersey – Gerry and the Pacemakers

Take me to the River – Al Green

River of Dreams – Billy Joel

The River – Bruce Springsteen

Down to the River – Alison Kraus

Many Rivers to Cross – Jimmy Cliff

Kawa No Nagare No You Ni – Hibari Misora

Five Feet High and Rising – Johnny Cash

Chapter 22. 11am

Joyce Buckland/Bissett

Buckland thanks the Artists who helped craft RiverRun

The Blue Danube Waltz – Strauss

Wind in the Willows Chapter 7 - The Piper at the Gate read in English by Mandi Bissett

The Piper at the Gate – Pink Floyd

Pissing in the River – Patti Smith

Down by the Water – PJ Harvey

The Rights of Rivers : Ecocide / Prof. Veronica Strang

Five Feet High and Rising – Johnny Cash

THE END

David Buckland.  June 15. 2022

 

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David Buckland is an artist, film-maker, writer and curator. His work is included in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Michael Wilson Collection, London and the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

Buckland created and now directs the international Cape Farewell project. Bringing artists, visionaries, scientists and educators together, Cape Farewell continues to build an international collective awareness and the cultural response to climate disruption. Over 140 artists have created operas, films, artworks, pop music and novels which address the climate challenge and through the process of making art, vision a sustainable and exciting cultural future.

Buckland curates three new major exhibitions:  the 'CARBON 12' exhibition recently opened in Paris in May 2012. 'CARBON 13' opens in Marfa Texas in September 2012 and 'CARBON 14' is scheduled for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, September 2013. All contain new artworks by international artists and cultural practioners, each addressing climate disruption and the mechanics of a desired cultural shift.

Recent publications include ‘Climate is Culture’ for Nature, March 2012 and the catalogue Carbon 12, published by Somogy Editions d’Art.

capefarewell.com/david-buckland

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