Fly
Work
Grow
FLY/WORK/GROW is a new work by Hannah Conway (composer) and Hazel Gould (writer)
created in collaboration with the CHAMPIONS Project
Sound Voice and the CHAMPIONS Project (UCL and DMU) are working in partnership to produce an immersive sound installation which enables audiences and researchers to better understand the impact of temporary accommodation on the health and wellbeing of children and families in the UK.
FLY/WORK/GROW uses cutting edge spatial audio design and platforms unheard sung and spoken narratives of children and parents affected by homelessness. It focuses particularly on the invisible experiences and needs of the children.
Audiences are invited to reflect on the importance of home and policymakers will hear real-life, under-represented voices for the first time as an immersive experience.
Our digital knowledge exchange platform and public engagement activities will produce tailored public health messages, resulting in briefings for academia, housing and engineering, charity and health and social care professionals.
This work will raise the profile of families affected by homelessness and temporary accommodation and highlight the need to transform thinking and practice regarding what is needed to support children and families. This will result in innovative knowledge exchange and policy impact across further sectors.
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The award-winning creative team from Sound Voice and the CHAMPIONS Project in collaboration with Bee Squad (Manchester-based charity supporting families affected by homelessness) to enable new learning for professionals across the creative, academia and charity sectors for alleviating the impact of COVID on children and their housing in communities across the UK as part of extending this immersive sound installation project.
The team are transforming months of engagement, creative workshops and research using verbatim texts and first-hand accounts from across the UK.
Families in Leicester and Manchester will record the work with professional singers and instrumentalists in autumn 2022.
The installation connects to Professor Monica Lakhanpaul’s existing work as part UCL’s Health, Education, Engineering and Environment (HEEE) platform, which works at the intersections of these disciplines to develop solutions to address global challenges with local partners, as well as the ongoing CHAMPIONS Project work looking at the impact of COVID and living through lockdown on children under 5 living in temporary accommodation in the UK.
