Vocal improvisation and play is central to Hanna’s practice, and is embodied in her small-scale solo voice compositions, often devised spontaneously on the day of specific events or occasions, responding to site and subject.
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1. Voice Sketches at Outlandia, vocal improvisations responding to the sounds of places, made during a residency at Outlandia, Glen Nevis, August 2015
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2. Bird in the Tower, a place-specific non-lexical vocal improvisation, performed in Dan Robinson’s Cabin for the opening of Ordinary Culture’s ‘Duke’s Wood Project’, Nottinghamshire, 31 August 2013.
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3. Don’t Lose Your Head, a site-specific non-lexical vocal improvisation, for Krijn de Koning’s ‘Land’ instalation, at Edinburgh College of Art’s sculpture court. Part of Ross Sinclair’s Real Life Parledonia event at Edinburgh Art Festival, August 2013
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4. A Poetic Journey to High Pasture Cave, place-specific vocal improvisation, part of an informal performance-walk for PANORAMA, ATLAS arts, Kilbride, Isle of Skye, May 2013
Image credit: (4) Luke Allan / Suzy Lee
