This story begins with a whale carcass which came ashore in August 2018 at Traigh an t-Suidhe/Strand of the Seat, at the North end of the Isle of Iona. It is a story told with the voices of science, art, music and poetry, and it explores the impact of military sonar on the ecology of the seas surrounding the Hebrides.
Led by visual artist Mhairi Killin with composer Fergus Hall - in collaboration with artist Tom deMajo of Biome Collective, poet Miek Zwamborn, calligrapher Susie Leiper and in partnership with the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust - On Sonorous Seas gives voice to what is not apparent beneath the beauty of the Hebridean waters.
Permission for use of the hydrophone/field recordings was granted by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust for which we are very grateful.
On Sonorous Seas has become a living project through the support of Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust, An Tobar, Creative Scotland, CHArts, SPACE CIC, Scottish Association for Marine Science, and National Museum of Scotland.
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