‘What’s Left Unsaid’

Breathworks &

Responsive Space exhibition

Modern Art Oxford

October 2020 – January 2021

Created during the Coronavirus Pandemic, What’s Left Unsaid was included in Breathworks and the Responsive Space exhibition at Modern Art Oxford.

What’s Left Unsaid, Day and Night

Is an audio edit of paralinguistic breath.

Day: The breath between words, reflecting the rise and fall of emotion, an arhythmic breath.

Night: The rhythmic rise and fall of deep sleep. A sleep state, only expressed through changes in breath.

During the day our breath reflects an internal response to our external environment – relaxed, anxious, excited – however, when we are asleep our breath suggests at an internal world of internal thoughts or dreams and the workings of our autonomic system, breathing without conscious effort.

The first part of the recording is an edit of the breaths taken between the words spoken by an excited child immersed in their day’s play; followed by their (unedited) breathing, relaxed at night.

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DIY Sounds

Using a sound board to activate sounds by touch jam jar lids

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e-textiles – activating sounds on the loom

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Listening to breathing – making Lo-Fi listening devices using junk materials