Den. 3
- Sop
- Date:
- December 2021
- Audio
- Online
About this work
Also known as
The den. 3
Description
"The Den is a series of meditative works in sound and other media that gather material from Sop's regular trips to their 'den'. As someone in the "clinically extremely vulnerable" category for coronavirus, Sop has been shielding. In response to circumstances during lockdown, they take solitary walks at dawn in a nearby wood and cemetery, socially distancing from all but the buried, rediscovering the healing power of nature. There they have made their own secret den, which has become a calm, nature refuge where they can hide in public and go 'off-grid'."--From Disability Arts Online website. https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/showcase/sop-the-den-meditative-sound-art-in-response-to-lockdown/
Publication/Creation
[United Kingdom] : Sop, December 2021.
Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (18:08 min.)) + 1 PDF transcript
Contributors
Biographical note
"Artist Sop explores alternative strategies for self-care during the Covid-19 pandemic through a series of meditative sound works. As someone in the "clinically extremely vulnerable" category, Sop was forced to shield during the pandemic. They narrate the process of building a secret den in a cemetery at the edges of a wood near where they live. The den provides a space for respite, deeply connected to nature: a structure of protection and safety in which to take shelter."--From Wellcome Collection's website. https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/X2s3IBMAAHbq_CtG
Related material
Documentation related to Sop's commission is held by Wellcome Collection, reference PP/SOP https://wellcomecollection.org/works/f2hw3jyp
Complemented by (work): Den. 1. (b32496485)
Complemented by (work): Den. 2. (b32496497)
Duration
00:18:08
Copyright note
Sop. All rights reserved.
Language note
Audio and accompanying transcript in English.
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in Rooted Beings held at Wellcome Collection, London, 24 March - 29 August 2022.
Notes
The Den 3 was commissioned by Wellcome Collection in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.