{"id":1133,"date":"2022-03-13T22:55:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T22:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2022-04-06T21:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T20:56:56","slug":"airs-phrases-and-notes-in-neon-the-language-of-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/03\/13\/airs-phrases-and-notes-in-neon-the-language-of-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Airs, Phrases and Notes in Neon: The Language of Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>With flamework by Ayako Tani and neon by Bryn Reeves (UNeon)<\/strong> | <strong>Poems by Gerry Loose<\/strong> | <strong>14 December 2021 \u2013 13<sup>th<\/sup> March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803a-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"Airs, Phrases and Notes in Neon: The Language of Birds\" class=\"wp-image-1146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803a-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803a-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803a-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803a-973x545.jpg 973w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803a-508x284.jpg 508w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803a.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the world went silent in lockdown March 2020, something else happened; for the first time, many people became more aware of the spring sound of the birds around us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"1149\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803c.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803c-297x300.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803d.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803d-297x300.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition of six circular neon birdsong pieces foregrounds the value of our acoustic environment. The form of each piece has been drawn from Geoff Sample&#8217;s sonograms of each bird (Wren; Great Tit; Spotted Flycatcher; Mistle Thrush; Goldcrest and Nuthatch).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803b-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"Ayako Tani standing in front of neon bird light\" class=\"wp-image-1148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803b-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803b-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803b-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803b-973x545.jpg 973w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803b-508x284.jpg 508w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803b.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition is accompanied by six newly commissioned poems (Preludes: <strong>six birds six airs borrowed \/ six airs six birds returned<\/strong>) by Scottish contemporary poet, Gerry Loose. As Gerry says, quoting from Chilean poet Pablo Neruda:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>How is the translation of their languages arranged with the birds<\/em><\/p><cite>Gerry Loose<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-2\" data-gallery_id=\"1137\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-2\" data-gallery_no=\"2\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803-001.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803-001-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" alt=\"Language of birds\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803-004.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803-004-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" alt=\"Language of birds\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803-002.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1803-002-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" alt=\"Language of birds\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div 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