Common Lands
This podcast is inspired by the unique quality of the sound experience on Portland, Dorset (UK) and the space it occupies. Framed by tradition and terms specific to land law, these podcasts are the conduit for this exploration, an audio snapshot of sounds and voices.
Episodes 1 - 3 Exploring the common and uncommon nature of sound of the island. Recorded during lockdown and emergence.
Commissioned by b-side festival 2021 for That Other Place
- Update frequency
- every 81 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 3
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Ep. 3 Enclosure : Visible and Invisible Boundaries
Portland is not all common land. This final episode explores the tensions of protest and containment as the island approaches winter; where common land law and climate change clash through the very p…
Ep. 2 Hefting : Gathering In One Place
Common Land law states that hefting was a process of moving herds to other spaces. Presenting the island captured over the weekend during b-side Festival on 9th-12th September 2020, this episode cont…
Ep. 1 Tithing : Tuning In
Common land is shared space. We are re-sharing Portland with the world both physically and virtually this summer, during the b-side festival in September 2021 by presenting work in progress, the expe…