Sea Change Audio
Sound artist Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts has created a series of podcasts platforming local voices. These short ‘audio postcards’ include the voices of local people, mixing their local, long term knowledge and expertise with scientists, artists, conservationists in the Royal Docks areas of Newham.
1. Dana Olărescu - Power In
Hear how socially engaged artist Dana Olărescu and Associate Professor Julia Tomei from UCL’s Institute of Sustainable Resources worked with members of the Royal Wharf community ESOL class to think about themes of energy supplies and resources and how we can work better as a community.
This series of Audio Postcards was produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Dana Olărescu, Dr Julia Tomei and members of the Royal Wharf Community Dock ESOL learning group.
2. Raqs Media Collective - The Waves are Rising
Listen to Monica Narula and Jeebesh Bagchi from Raqs Media Collective, Dr Tristan Smith, researcher at UCL and director of UMAS, shipping historian Maddie Philips and poet Laila Sumpton examine our relationship with the sea and the shipping industry how this is changing in a moment of climate crisis.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, Dr Tristan Smith, Laila Sumpton and Maddie Philips. Rolling down the River is performed by the London Sea Shanty Collective.
3. Melanie Manchot - Flotilla
Join artist Melanie Manchot and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire on the day of filming with some of the inspiring local women who joined this female flotilla sailing across the Royal Docks.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Melanie Manchot, Dr Anna Maguire, Maddie Philips and Councilor Thelma Odoi. On site recording by Eleanor Wright and Katherine Liggins.
4. Simon Faithfull- Biotopes
Artist Simon Faithfull has been immersed in the fascinating world of bees since he met beekeeper Dale Gibson from Bermondsey Bees. Dr Izzy Bishop from UCL’s Nature Labs reveals how everything in nature is connected and how the river plays a part in this.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Simon Faithfull, Dale Gibson, Dr Izzy Bishop and Dilawar Hussain from Thames 21.
5. The Royal Docks - Untold histories walk
As you walk between the two sites listen to a short audio feature exploring how the docks have always been a place of mixing and mingling as workers and goods came from overseas via this gateway into the city. Founder of Poetry vs Colonialism Laila Sumpton, Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire highlight the Bengali seamen known as Lascars.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Laila Sumpton, Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust, Dr Anna Maguire and members of the Royal Wharf Community Dock ESOL learning group. The poem Jamdani Weavers, by Laila Sumpton (co-founder of Poetry Vs Colonialism and member of the London Sea Shanty Collective).
Wild Goose is performed by the London Sea Shanty Collective.