Hear us O Lord ... using sound and Malcolm Lowry's short stories to create a new vocabulary for re-imagining plastic-filled seas.

主啊，请听我们从天堂而来，您的居所：用声音和马尔科姆·洛瑞的短篇小说来创造一个新的词汇，重新想象充满塑料的海洋。我们的海洋每年被800万吨塑料污染，微塑料通过食物链进入人类。我们如何处理这样的统计数据和情景？我们如何以及在哪里建立网络，以创造以不同方式呈现问题的新艺术品？为了反映这种非同寻常的状态并对其采取行动，我们希望开发一个跨学科的网络，它在海上会面，并产生新的音频内容，总体目标明确，即找到新的词汇，重新想象我们充满塑料的海洋。我们将探索当实践即研究的方法论将学者和创意人员聚集在海上与公众打成一片，并利用马尔科姆·劳里的短篇小说和录音作为催化剂重新想象我们充满塑料的海洋时会发生什么。我们认为，这个网络建立在以前Lowry研究的基础上，不仅将使相关部门受益，而且通过免费播客，将在教育、娱乐和艺术方面发挥作用。我们观察到许多学生试图做关于塑料污染的工作，但他们的参考资料有限，主要是视觉上的。我们如何才能利用倾听和一系列新的文学参考来产生新的内容呢？这项研究将在世界领先的录音师之一克里斯·沃森的指导下使用声音，他利用音频鼓励我们重新思考我们眼前和全球的环境。他与大卫·阿滕伯勒合作的获奖自然历史作品让沃森对环境和声音之间的关系有了独特的见解。马尔科姆·洛瑞于1909年出生于默西塞德郡，他将自己的海上短篇小说集命名为《主啊，请倾听我们……》。在马恩岛的赞美诗之后。他的作品将成为我们网络的催化剂，我们的网络将在利物浦和马恩岛之间的六次穿越期间在海上相遇。劳瑞的故事富有先见之明地探索了炼油厂对海岸的影响以及海上旅行写作的意义。在每一次4小时的穿越过程中，研究人员将与公众和渡轮工作人员打成一片，录制简短的采访、Lowry段落和抽象的声音。每一次穿越都将围绕特定的主题进行规划，以备支持，每一次旅行都将有专业的录音研讨会、马尔科姆·劳里朗读和非正式参与。我们正在提议一个令人兴奋的网络，他们将在海上会面，包括：零售协会，包装业与阿斯达、韦特罗斯和雀巢等零售商之间的联系艺术医生，一个让公众参与不寻常环境的艺术家团体Bluecoat，利物浦当代艺术中心和Lowry倡导者通过他们的Lowry Lounge计划水手公园，默西塞德郡为那些在海上有25年经验的人提供的退休设施神圣喜悦乐队，声音拼贴音乐家/播音员塑料污染专家和eXXpework Merseyside海事博物馆的一部分，Jessica Van Horssen博士，利物浦国家博物馆该网络将由视觉/声音艺术家艾伦·邓恩博士(利兹·贝克特大学)和马尔科姆·洛瑞专家兼诗人海伦·图基博士(利物浦约翰摩尔斯大学)领导，他们之前曾合作过《灯塔邀请风暴》会议、音频活动、公共艺术品和限量版CD。这一新网络的产出包括：《主啊，听我们吧》一小时播客，2020年至2020年《听我们吧，主啊》，喜悦乐队的两集坏朋克，共鸣FM《Lowry Lounge》艺术展和现场朗读，Bluecoat《海洋画廊》数字展示，默西塞德海事博物馆《用Lowry和声音解决海洋污染》嘉宾编辑的《设计生态》一期《海洋中的塑料，与Lowry一起》，研究人员网络演示，零售研究所年度研讨会

Hear us O Lord from heaven thy dwelling place: using sound and Malcolm Lowry's short stories to create a new vocabulary for re-imagining plastic-filled seas.Our seas are polluted with eight million metric tons of plastic every year and microplastics have found their way into humans through the food chain. How do we process such statistics and scenarios? How and where can we network to create new artefacts that present the problem differently? To reflect and act upon this extraordinary state, we wish to develop a cross-disciplinary network that meets at sea and produces new audio content with the clear overall aim of finding a new vocabulary for re-imagining our plastic-filled seas. We will explore what happens when a Practice-As-Research methodology brings academics and creatives together at sea to mingle with members of the public and uses the short stories of Malcolm Lowry and sound recording as catalysts to re-imagine our plastic-filled seas. We feel that this network, building upon previous Lowry research, will benefit not only those sectors involved but, through the free podcasts, be of use in educational, entertainment and artistic contexts. We are observing many students attempting to make work about plastic pollution but their references are limited and primarily visual. How can we instead use listening and a fresh set of literary references to generate new content?The research will use sound under the guidance of one of the world's leading sound recordists, Chris Watson, who has used audio to encourage us to rethink our immediate and global surrounds. His award-winning natural history work with David Attenborough has given Watson a unique insight into the relationship between the environment and sound. Malcolm Lowry was born on Merseyside in 1909 and named his collection of short maritime stories 'Hear us O Lord ...' after an Isle of Man hymn. His writing will be the catalyst for our network that will meet at sea during six crossings between Liverpool and Isle of Man. Lowry's stories presciently explore the impact of oil refineries on coasts and the significance of sea travel writing. During each 4-hour crossing, researchers will mingle with members of the public and ferry staff to record short interviews, Lowry passages and abstract sounds. Each crossing will be programmed around specific themes, outlined in Case for Support, and each journey will have professionally delivered sound recording workshops, Malcolm Lowry readings and informal participation. We are proposing an exciting network who will meet at sea, including:The Retail Institute, liaising between the packaging industry and retailers such as Asda, Waitrose and NestleThe Art Doctors, an artists' group engaging the public in unusual contextsBluecoat, Liverpool's centre for contemporary art and Lowry advocates through their 'Lowry Lounge' programmeMariners' Park, retirement facility on Merseyside for those with 25-years experience at seaThe Band of Holy Joy, sound collage musicians/broadcastersDr Jessica Van Horssen, expert in plastic pollution and part of eXXpedition networkMerseyside Maritime Museum, National Museums Liverpool The network will be led by visual/sound artist Dr Alan Dunn (Leeds Beckett University) and Malcolm Lowry expert and poet Dr Helen Tookey (Liverpool John Moores University) who previously collaborated on 'The Lighthouse Invites the Storm' conference, audio event, public artwork and limited edition CD. Outputs from this new network include:'Hear us O Lord' one-hour podcasts, 2020-22'Hear us O Lord' two episodes of BAD PUNK by Band of Holy Joy, ResonanceFM'The Lowry Lounge' art exhibition and live readings, Bluecoat'Sea Galleries' digital display, Merseyside Maritime Museum'Using Lowry and sound to tackle sea pollution' guest edited issue of 'Design Ecologies''Plastic at sea, with Lowry', researchers' network presentation, The Retail Institute annual seminar