Euphonia

Euphonia by Emma Smith, presented at St Michael and All Angels Church

A specially adapted version of artist Emma Smith’s installation Euphonia presented as part of Art Night 2019 at St Michael and All Angels church, Walthamstow. On the night, visitors were invited to add their voices to an interactive, multi-speaker sound installation which responded to the voices of those present. Euphonia celebrated the power of vocal communication which unites us across linguistic and cultural divides. 

A microphone within the installation listened to the voices of those within the space and, through a specially designed piece of software, shuffled and adapted the pre-recorded score to create a harmonious conversation with the live voices to continue the music of conversation from which the work came. In this way the work will invited congregations and visitors to become part of the work, to add their own voices to the space and in doing so to author the score itself.