Fellowship focus: Promoting the musical legacy of UK electronic music pioneer Peter Zinovieff by creating definitive recorded versions of six collaborations.
As founder of EMS studios, which manufactured the VCS3 synthesizer (used by Pink Floyd and many other bands), Dr Peter Zinovieff (1933-2021) was one of the most important pioneers of computer music. Celebrated poet Katrina Porteous worked with Zinovieff in the last decade of his life. During her Fellowship at Surrey she will work with Dr Hall to make definitive recorded versions of six compositions she created with the composer. They will also create their own poetry and music collaboration in Zinovieff’s memory. Their work will be showcased at a concert for the public at the University.
Fellowship focus: Visualising what climate migration means to people through participatory art workshops.
Discussion of climate migration in countries such as the UK usually focuses on environmental risk rather than government’s responsibility in causing the impact which renders places inhabitable. At the same time, climate refugees are often presented as victims or threats. This Fellowship seeks to engage diverse public audiences to consider what climate migration means to them, and use visual arts to consider the intersectionality of climate migration. Ms Esapathi and Dr Loukianov will run workshops with climate activists and lay people and create a visual database for education and advocacy.