"Thank you for bringing our community together, sharing stories and aiming our understanding to exist in harmony in the future. Everyone should listen to Dear River." (a Lismore listener)
"Dear River” is a listening experience that invites people to contemplate their relationship to a local river. It offers a profound and meditative experience that acknowledges the importance of nature within our lives and provides space for quiet reflection amidst the noise of contemporary life. Dear River is a variation of Rose's project Dear Tree
LISMORE/BUNDJALUNG COUNTRY
The
first version of "Dear River" was created in Lismore after an invitation from audio artist/media & journalism lecturer Jeanti St Clair. Just over a year after the huge floods of 2022,
Rose spent a week in Lismore recording local people speaking to their
river. These words of love, respect and reflection were intertwined
with field recordings of the river by Jeanti St Clair. A listening event
was presented in Lismore at the Living Lab Northern Rivers where people absorbed the soundtrack through headphones - up close and intimate.
Listen to the soundtracks below. Click on the orange play button.
Ideally listened to in headphones at a river's edge.
