Bell Mouth (The Yellowing, part 2) (2018)

Five channel video installation, moving projections and screens, live narration and sound mix (30 minutes)

Commissioned and curated: Kirsty White, for Being and Appearing at Swiss Church London

The Yellowing, Part 2 (Bell Mouth) was an audio-visual performance, bringing the architecture and history of the Swiss Church into dialogue with the current life of a bell mouth intersection on the A583 in Lancashire. This bell mouth, as the gateway to a fracking site has, over the past two years, become inhabited as a place of resistance, reflection and togetherness.

The performance took as its starting point the history of female social support work at the Swiss Church. It connected this to the activities in the bell mouth on Preston New Road, Lancashire, where the local community, particularly many older women, have held vigil since work on the site commenced in January 2017. During these two years, the site has played host to silent contemplation, knitting circles, speeches and song and dance, against a backdrop of frequently violent intervention from the police and security staff.

Bell Mouth was developed through the research and development of Undermine.

Undermine Production Stills: photo Emma Dalesman; Rebecca Birch

Warm thanks and admiration to Miranda Cox, Bobby Black, Janette Allison, Carole Wilson, Tina Rothery, Julie Daniels, Kitty Bouman and all others at Preston New Road

Supported by: Arts Council England (R&D award 2017), Lancaster Arts and Film London Artists' Moving Image (FLAMIN New Approaches 2016-17)