![]() ![]() This immersive installation combines spoken words, visuals, human voices, and an urban soundscape, inviting the audience to participate in a solemn recitation of a mourning poem for the turtle dove. As the name suggests, this project is a sound installation that serves as a funeral, specifically dedicated to the European turtle dove-a bird species vulnerable to extinction due to relentless hunting. Christine's journey in the program concludes with the completion of her final project, titled Sound Funeral. While Christine has cherished her time in the Sound of Innovation program, every good thing must eventually come to an end. That’s why I wanted to create a sound funeral, where we can think wholeheartedly about what is happening and what it means to us to mourn animals, if only for a brief three minutes.”Ĭhristine Chen Sound Funeral for the European turtle dove I also was able to get hands-on attention and specific, detailed ideas and suggestions from my teachers.” ![]() This has given me a cross-year experience and an opportunity to gain different perspectives I wouldn’t have gotten in a different setup. Christine: “I have been attending classes with both classmates who graduated last year and those who just started their first year. However, Christine was not discouraged by this, and says being the only one has made the course more interesting for her. The perks of being the only oneĬhristine stands as the sole member of her graduating class this year. ![]() We were very proud of how it turned out!” This installation, called Melkhal Pulse, was unveiled on 19 February 2023 and was a collaboration between Christine and first-year Sound of Innovation students Lena Chen and Matteo Traverso. It was designed to seem like the audience was having a conversation with the architecture itself. This year, two classmates and I convinced the largest tenant of the Melkhal, a former dairy factory in Enschede from the pre-industrial era, to let us build a three-story sound installation inside the building. Last year, I went on a sound walk with another student through different cities, carrying the sound installation we had designed and made together. Christine (who also goes by her artist name Fractal): “Working with so many different people has been inspiring. Find out more about our Nature in Crisis appeal, and take a stand for nature with us.True to her hopes, she indeed found her place in the course, particularly through her involvement in various exploratory sound activities with her classmates. In 2021, the Turtle Dove was RSPB England’s Bird of the Year, in honour of the fantastic work being done to help this vulnerable species. There have been huge efforts across the UK to save Turtle Doves, including Operation Turtle Dove, an RSPB-led project to work with farmers, landowners and communities to create nesting and feeding habitats for Turtle Doves across Southern and Eastern England. Red is the highest conservation priority, with species on this list needing urgent action. The Turtle Dove has been on the Red List in the UK since 1996, and it remains there today. One cause of the decline is thought to be lack of seed and grain during the breeding season, resulting in a much shorter breeder season with fewer nesting attempts. The Turtle Dove’s gentle purr is an evocative sound of summer, but has become increasingly rare following rapid and sustained population declines. Seeds such as chickweed and oilseed rape, as well as cereal grains, are important food sources for Turtle Doves. They eat seeds, and feed on the ground in weedy areas or in the short stubble after a harvest. They prefer thorny species, such as hawthorn, and will often build nests among climbers, including honeysuckle. When they arrive in the UK in spring, they build nests in hedgerows and scrub. Turtle doves are migratory, heading off to Africa in the winter. Its upperparts are distinctively mottled with chestnut and black, and its black tail has a white edge. ![]() How to identify The Turtle Dove is a dainty dove, much smaller and darker than the Collared Dove - slightly larger than a Blackbird. ![]()
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