Choral composer and performance maker Jenny Bell has recently become a Studio resident. During this lunchtime talk, she will tell you a bit about her current compositional R&D, which is focused on political and social inclusion. Jenny started with the question: if the country were a choir, what would it look and sound like? Probably not much like government! So, Jenny is doing a little experiment at No Boundaries: she is going to make a choir out of the entire symposium, to see what it sounds like.

You won't need to be able to sing to be a part of this choir. You can speak, or you can say nothing, or you can sing. You might have a terrible voice. Good. You might be quietly extraordinary at singing. Good. You might just want to say Bollocks. Good.

Jenny wants to create the choral version of what radically different voices sound like when they work together. A lot of her research is into participation, new power structures and the impact of joint speech. The outcome is going to be a hacked, Punk mode of vocal composition, generated out of real speech. She is working with a developer to create a piece of software that will enable her to group different tones, textures and cadences in words and sentences, so she can capture voices doing what they do naturally, and frame them so that they are beautiful. Jenny wants to hear what people really think and make music out of it.

This Lunchtime Talk is part of Open Studio Friday, which takes place at the Studio every week.

Do you want to find out what is going on at the Pervasive Media Studio? Are you interested in meeting our residents, talking about a specific project or curious about pervasive media? Why not pack a sandwich and join us for one of our Lunchtime Talks and Open Studio Friday. Lunchtime Talks are informal presentations by Studio residents and associates.

They normally take place at 1pm on Friday, are free and open to everybody who’s interested in what we do. After the Talk, we also invite you to stay with us for the afternoon to continue the conversation or work on your own projects. We provide chairs, tables, wireless and a great space. You bring what you need to work with (laptop/mobile). Our open afternoons close at 5pm.

Let us know if you’d like a tour of the space and we'll be happy to show you around just before the talk. Send an email to admin@pmstudio.co.uk to book your place on a tour.