"Girl Who Cannot See" is a dark ambient, experimental and atmospheric retelling of my poem of the same name, released in the winter of 2020, recounting my experiences with cyberbullying in an online community. To be able to record my voice and read my poem, present my monoprint on a new platform and to new audiences and collaborate with a professional composer is so much more than I could have ever hoped to do with my work, and I feel so lucky to expand my portfolio in this way. I am so honoured to have worked with Veronika.
Music (c) Veronika Škutová.
Words and Art (c) Kimberley Burrows
2021
electronic ambient art dark ambient experimental electronic graphic score
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Veronika reached out to me in Instagram messages through my art page in early December, after seeing my "Girl Who Cannot See"poem, monoprint series, and struggle with cyberbullying -a sking if I'd like to collaborate on an audio poem with her combining my words and artwork with her composing. She is a recent graduate (2020) at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave) in Bratislava, Slovakia, with a specialism in Composing and also works as a piano teacher.
Admittedly I've never done anything like this before and a huge part of me wanted to say no as the easiest path of resistance. I have no recording equipment like she does, aside from my phone with the basic Voice app, and I didn't want to look unprofessional in front of someone who may have better things than me. I decided to go for it, and put my heart and soul into my reading of my poem - it was cathartic to put this experience into a performance and into a container.
I'm very happy with the outcome to have surrendered to creativity in one of my darkest moments, and to have dared to collaborate. I consider it to be one of the final outcomes of the 601 module and has really pushed my practice into a new, accessible places reaching new audiences.
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