bird sheet music aired
in installation
and in music
in installation
soundings
echoing
the nature of the city




with backdrop
droppings
less was more
in the Art Dock, Tate Liverpool 20.01.2013
bird sheet music
26 miniature movements
arranged by Jon Herring
from the original bird sheets
as laid out in our Liverpool landscape
from the first
1) 6th May: 5.00 – 9.00 am springfield park
to the last
26) 10th October: 11.00 princes park
some true to form
some embellished with refrains
all performed
with gusto
in installation
and in music
in installation
soundings
echoing
the nature of the city




with backdrop
droppings
less was more
in the Art Dock, Tate Liverpool 20.01.2013

soon, the sounds in music will reach our ears. in the meantime, walks along the score.
Every living thing creates detritus, detritus is part of life, and without it, life would collapse. It’s a part of the cycle of natural ecosystems in our liverpool landscape; in any landscape. bird sheet music: soundings about the environment, nature, and ecology
not only birds left their mark on bird sheet scores. kids on bikes make tracks too. beautiful.
out in the elements, the elements: the rain (it seemed to rain non stop for days on end) pulped and purged the paper, poo, and anything else that landed on the score. the result: vibrant visual score awash with babble.
The scores are in…
laid out
pooped on
rolled up
rolled out
the scores ready to read


music at our feet

recording
in sequence
each and every note



from scores on the floor


transcribing
notating
notes
to score
in hand
for hand
held music


bird sheet music
is out of my hands
in the hands of the composer
on the stands of the musicians
in rehearsal
the recital
20th January 2013
Tate Liverpool Foyer
2.30pm 3.30pm & 4.30pm
creating bird sheet music, a blackbird and a thrush feeding on rowan berries, in Madryn Street: the Welsh Streets, Liverpool. With a nod: free as a bird.