The Blackbird’s Song
Jony Easterby, UK
Blackbird song often acts as an indicator of territoral space, whilst overlapping in our ears as a chorus .This vocal round is spread over multiple small bird box like speakers, the overlapping melodies harmonising randomly creating infinite melodic combinations. The song was composed, sung and recorded by the vocalist and song writer Lisa Knapp.
Jony Easterby presents a collection of works featuring animated landscapes sourced from grassland and forest, hedgerows, bonsai trees given the gift of scale, woodland sprites and slomo flying creatures. The audience is invited to follow a trail of installations that fill the park with a series of ethereal electronic animated encounters with the natural world.
For Jony the contrast of darkness and light is the very essence of life and creativity. Ruled by brightness and shadows: day and night, winter and summer, sunshine and clouds. His work reflects not only his passion for the natural world alongside his anxiety for its uncertain ecological future.
