The Bible is a noisy book.
Many cries for justice
and many shouts of praise resound
from different authors across time
all somehow bound with
the strange sound of God;
breathing ‘let there be’,
calling ‘where are you?’,
taking on flesh,
crying last breaths,
re-sounding in resurrection,
then breathing welcome.
And yet when it’s read aloud, a single voice is sounded. Bible Noise is an attempt to listen to the many voices bound up in this strange set of texts. Below are the experiments.
Session 1
Date 15th July 2018 Sounding 1 – Prologue Remix This piece used texts from John 1. ‘In the beginning was the Word’ is the phrase it starts with. A phrase that appears in several sound discourses. The passage itself has several repetitive words and as such gives the opportunity for a rhythmic sounding. The aim … Continue reading Session 1
Session 2
Date 21st Oct 2018 For this session I wanted to emphasise the prophetic woman’s voice in the bible. I worked with songs that were explicitly by named women. I also explored the sounding out of women prophets particularly as the prophet is considered to be the voice of God. Sounding 1 – 3-Song Mash There … Continue reading Session 2