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Dawn Chorus in Hackney

Dawn Chorus in Hackney

Hackney Dawn Watching

By Karl Greenwood - 26th May, 2011

Artist Natasha Vicars was commissioned by Longhouse in 2010 to undertake an Action Research bursary for 6-9 months along with another 4 artists. Natasha has been developing an idea to hold an unusual and exciting event to get people together to watch the sun rise.

Natasha said: “I am interested in the early hours of the day as a time when an individual has a different sense of inhabiting the city he/she lives in – with fewer people around maybe having more sense of freedom or even ownership of the space. I also make a link to Romantic art and see dawn as a time when a person can strongly experience a sense of wonder at nature within an urban environment.”

The idea Natasha when she was at a beach at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil one evening and noticed spontaneous applause rippling down the beach. Natasha: “I assumed that some performance must have just finished, but I couldn’t make anything out in particular. The applause was spreading up the beach, it was busy with people, and as the clapping (as well as loud whistling and cheers) started happening closer to me I realised that everyone was turning to the horizon and applauding the sunset."

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