Earth Din by Shirley Pegna

earth din by Shirley Pegna, Claudia Pilsl

Creative documentary film on Earth Din by Bristol sound artist Shirley Pegna. Cello, violine and bass engage and respond to a sounds originated from Indonesia (7,595 mile distance) Greece (1,765 miles distance) and Fiji (9,959 miles distance), travelling underground and picked up through the stone of the Wills Tower at the University of Bristol with the help of a seismometer. Other sound sources include electrical currents and naturally occurring sferics picked up by radio receiver and plucked from the ionosphere 30 miles above the north coast of Svalbard, Norway.

Performed by Shirley Pegna, Dominic Lash and Angharad Davies as part of the Bristol New Music programme 2022

Artwork Louie Pegna

Dark Studio at Arnolfini Bristol, May 2022

Length: 5’13”