Great Tom
May 22, 2020, 10:32 AM
Oxford lockdown sound reimagined by Ruth Knight.
"My Piece "Great Tom' features the bell 'Great Tom' in Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford. The recording was taken just 30 minutes after Boris Johnson announced the lockdown of the UK.
"The recording influenced me massively, it runs the whole way through the piece and acts as the skeleton on which everything is built. I tried to bring out the things I could hear in the recording and elaborate on them to create a new, calm and meditative world.
"The lockdown has been a strange time for everyone, but for me, a mix of rest, frustration, worry, laughter and reflection. My lifestyle has changed, I've enjoyed running and spending time cooking nice food, I've been reading and spending more time on the phone to my loved ones - all things that I would like to take with me once the lockdown has lifted. The recording was captured at a time of great worry for a lot of people, but from that I have tried to build upon the beautiful elements and create a new and calm world. I similarly hope that we can build upon the good things that have happened within the lockdown and take them forward into whatever 'normal life' looks like afterwards."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
"My Piece "Great Tom' features the bell 'Great Tom' in Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford. The recording was taken just 30 minutes after Boris Johnson announced the lockdown of the UK.
"The recording influenced me massively, it runs the whole way through the piece and acts as the skeleton on which everything is built. I tried to bring out the things I could hear in the recording and elaborate on them to create a new, calm and meditative world.
"The lockdown has been a strange time for everyone, but for me, a mix of rest, frustration, worry, laughter and reflection. My lifestyle has changed, I've enjoyed running and spending time cooking nice food, I've been reading and spending more time on the phone to my loved ones - all things that I would like to take with me once the lockdown has lifted. The recording was captured at a time of great worry for a lot of people, but from that I have tried to build upon the beautiful elements and create a new and calm world. I similarly hope that we can build upon the good things that have happened within the lockdown and take them forward into whatever 'normal life' looks like afterwards."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds