@robsaintjohn

scribbles + sounds

 Lancashire
robstjohn.co.uk/
Joined October 2012
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Reading the room… If you want to stay up to date with news / releases / shows etc, maybe consider signing up for my mailing list? It’d be great to be able to get rid of this account whilst keeping in touch with interested folk. Thanks. robstjohn.us6.list-manage.co…
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Last call before this all gets mothballed... If you'd like to keep up to date with shows, releases, publications etc, please consider signing up to my mailing list for very occasional emails. Ta, R. robstjohn.us6.list-manage.co…
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Looking forward to this. Collab with @LukeTurnerEsq at Lancashire's best new art space on 1st Dec. Words, films, sounds on islands, military, sexuality, new naturez etc. And its free! j-e-w-e-l-l-e-r-s.net/
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BELL / HEDGE / SCARP / WALL: @robsaintjohn, the second artist to have served time in the Curfew Tower, presents a sound walk and images made between tower, shoreline and mountain top bit.ly/477G0Cl
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Reading the room… If you want to stay up to date with news / releases / shows etc, maybe consider signing up for my mailing list? It’d be great to be able to get rid of this account whilst keeping in touch with interested folk. Thanks. robstjohn.us6.list-manage.co…
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Reading the room… If you want to stay up to date with news / releases / shows etc, maybe consider signing up for my mailing list? It’d be great to be able to get rid of this account whilst keeping in touch with interested folk. Thanks. robstjohn.us6.list-manage.co…
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Or just say hello here. See ya! robstjohn.co.uk/contact/
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Listen to the new podcast from the makers of STACKS. Its a conversation between Rose, Rob & Tommy on peatland landscapes & the role of art in addressing big environmental issues. Find it by searching STACKS in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Podbean: open.spotify.com/show/3WfLb8…
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Some weekend listening… A conversation between @roseferraby, @SurfacePressure and I on art, sound, landscape and environmental change. Tune in: Apple Podcasts – podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Spotify – open.spotify.com/show/3WfLb8…
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Really happy to share the STACKS podcast. A conversation between @roseferraby, @SurfacePressure and I on art, landscape and environmental change in peatlands. Tune in: Apple Podcasts – podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Spotify – open.spotify.com/show/3WfLb8…
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The sound work from STACKS is getting an airing on @BBCRadio3 Late Junction tonight. Tune in here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mvq…
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Another blog for @SWPeatland on recording sound above and below ground in peatlands for STACKS. Tune in here: southwestpeatlandpartnership…

Voices from the peat — South West Peatland Partnership

On the STACKS website, the three film windows run alongside an 18-minute sound piece exploring key issues in peatland landscapes across south-west Britain. In creating the sound piece, we had been...

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A fun few weeks living in the Curfew Tower, sleeping on mountains and beaches, and occasionally getting some writing done.
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I’ve written about making films for the STACKS project here 🌚
South West Peatland Partnership@SWPeatland9 Jun 2023
“The river bed became the projection screen and the water the film’s grain, as washes of current, insects and sediment moving across the image cause it to flit and flicker in the moonlight.” Read more on the process behind this impactful artwork #STACKS southwestpeatlandpartnership…

Films from the peat — South West Peatland Partnership

The river bed became the projection screen and the water the film’s grain, as washes of current, insects and sediment moving across the image cause it to flit and flicker in the moonlight.

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Here's a short film on our new STACKS project, exploring the past, present and futures of three peatlands in SW England, commissioned by @SWPeatland Explore the website here: peatstacks.uk/ youtube.com/watch?v=7WzMCYKB…
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WTAF. Why do we keep letting the elite shooting industry define how the fells are?
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Film pic of an upland stream, negatives buried in peat for six months. Have a keek at STACKS 👇🏼
Caught by the River@tweetbytheriver2 Jun 2023
Unveiled today to coincide with #WorldPeatlandsDay, @roseferraby, @robsaintjohn & @SurfacePressure's interactive audiovisual website STACKS aims to highlight the hidden richness, beauty and importance of peatlands bit.ly/43DBRn5
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Delighted to release STACKS into the world today. Commissioned by @swpeatland, STACKS is a collaboration with @roseferraby and @surfacepressure. peatstacks.uk #WorldPeatlandsDay
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We’ve built an interactive website with film, sound and voices which you can play with and curate. There’s films shot across (and buried in) peatlands, sounds from sphagnum and bogs, ambient music, and archive voices from people who live in, use and restore these landscapes.
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“The Old Lea restoration, meanwhile, has inspired innovative arts in the shape of ‘Surface Tension’ – a Thames21 commission that saw musician and artist @robsaintjohn create a 2015 album of music and field recordings taken along the Lea” bbc.com/travel/article/20230…
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