Schedule

About the performance

A Home Is A Cloud is a large-scale movement and sound piece conceived by Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin, directed and performed by Abimbola, Clara Soyinka, Dotty, Elizabeth Addoi, Florence Musa, Freida C. McNeil, Funmilda Olojo, Grace Ade, Grace Owolabi, Jani, Ladun Mary Oguntoyinbo, Leo, Ms Jumoke, Margaret, Pham B Long, Sharon, Sungyeon Kim, Vanessa Mirza, Zara.

Over a period of 3 months, the group has met weekly and explored notions of home, faith and belonging through the lens of music and movement as a form of worship. The result is a 45 minute long, part scripted, improvised score, consisting of collective movement and song, interspersed with individual solo pieces.

On the same day there will also be a late afternoon sound meditation performed by Florence Musa, Freida C. McNeil, Sharon and Sungyeon Kim, using the 4 elemental sound sculptures created specifically for the project. Please book separately for this event following this link.

A Home Is A Cloud is the culmination of a larger participatory project with migrants and refugees titled Lyra, supported by the Arts Council England, SPACE Ilford and Community Engangement Fund. In its entirety Lyra contains an installation, sounds sculptures, radio programs, workshops, a vinyl record, a performance project and mentorship program. Lyra explores themes around the notion of the home as a cloud, through collective sound exploration and sculptural work over a period of 14 months

About us:

Working with sound, textiles, sculpture and poetry as art-making and healing practices, Amanda and Therese develop collaborative projects that centre the experiences of its participants through a trauma-informed approach. Focusing on facilitating holistic spaces and experiences that become conduits for artistic expression, the artists tend to both individual and collective needs in the process of developing projects and creating artworks with various private and public outcomes.

Some of the performers are people with whom Amanda and Therese have worked with for several years, some joined the project just a few months ago. The foundation for the collective creative process has been a deep appreciation for music and sound, movement, and conversations around faith and belonging. The voices and stories, poems and songs of Abimbola, Clara Soyinka, Dotty, Elizabeth Addoi, Florence Musa, Freida C. McNeil, Funmilda Olojo, Grace Ade, Grace Owolabi, Jani, Ladun Mary Oguntoyinbo, Leo, Ms Jumoke, Margaret, Pham B Long, Sharon, Sungyeon Kim, Vanessa Mirza, Zara will feature in a 4 part radio program on Montez Press Radio.

The collectively created sound scores and invividual solos will be pressed onto a vinyl record that can be purchased later on in the year.

Sound Meditation

A late afternoon sound meditation performed by Florence Musa, Freida C. McNeil, Sharon and Sungyeon Kim, using 4 bespoke elemental sound sculptures. 

About the project

This sound meditation is the closing event and culmination of a larger participatory project with migrants and refugees titled Lyra, supported by the Arts Council England, SPACE Ilford and Community Engangement Fund. In its entirety Lyra contains an installation, sounds sculptures, radio programs, workshops, a vinyl record, a performance project and mentorship program. Lyra explores themes around the notion of the home as a cloud, through collective sound exploration and sculptural work over a period of 14 months