Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
Artwork

Content provided by Technecast. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Technecast or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Archives: The sounds of botanical desire - Anushka Tay

37:16
 
Share
 

Manage episode 418712984 series 3574747
Content provided by Technecast. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Technecast or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
During her artist-residency at the Archive of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Anushka Tay composed a series of music inspired by 19th century plant collection in China. She created four multi-layered, textured pieces which range from an instrumental piano solo evoking Orientalism, to a spoken-word poem collaged with field recordings that she took around Kew Gardens during the summer.In this episode of Technecast, Anushka discusses the way that she navigated her instinctive visceral responses to a colonial-era historical archive, as an artist with East Asian heritage. She became sharply aware of the voices of people who had contributed the knowledge preserved in the archive, but who were rarely named or credited in the sources. By moving from text to sound, her responses to the archival materials convey the emotional experience of reading the documents. Through the act of listening, experience the joy and wonder of collecting gorgeous plants, in foreign and unfamiliar lands.You can listen to the full versions of Anushka's pieces on her Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/anushkatay/sets/curious-miscellaneousBrowse the companion website for Anushka's exhibition at the Archive: https://curiousmisc.anushkatay.co.uk/Find out more about the Miscellaneous Reports Collection at the Archive at RBG Kew: https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/projects/miscellaneous-reportsInformation on visiting the Archive at RBG Kew: https://www.kew.org/science/engage/accessing-our-science/accessing-library-art-archives---www.anushkatay.co.ukAnushka Tay is an artist and researcher working across text, textiles and music. Whatever the medium, her work explores a preoccupation with the experiences, textures and shapes of the moving body. She is a Techne PhD Candidate at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, where she researches Chinese diaspora dress histories through a close study of clothing and jewellery. When she isn’t making things, Anushka enjoys growing flowers in her small garden. She is not a botanist. ---Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i6L5uCafgjl01-cjFuTzLBljnYiRVcsp/view?usp=share_link ---The Technecast is supported by techne DTPEpisode presented/produced by Felix ClutsonTechnecast team: Julien Clin, Felix Clutson, Edwin Gilson, Morag Thomas, Olivia Aarons, Isabel SykesMusic composed and generously provided by Jennifer Doveton
  continue reading

88 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 418712984 series 3574747
Content provided by Technecast. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Technecast or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
During her artist-residency at the Archive of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Anushka Tay composed a series of music inspired by 19th century plant collection in China. She created four multi-layered, textured pieces which range from an instrumental piano solo evoking Orientalism, to a spoken-word poem collaged with field recordings that she took around Kew Gardens during the summer.In this episode of Technecast, Anushka discusses the way that she navigated her instinctive visceral responses to a colonial-era historical archive, as an artist with East Asian heritage. She became sharply aware of the voices of people who had contributed the knowledge preserved in the archive, but who were rarely named or credited in the sources. By moving from text to sound, her responses to the archival materials convey the emotional experience of reading the documents. Through the act of listening, experience the joy and wonder of collecting gorgeous plants, in foreign and unfamiliar lands.You can listen to the full versions of Anushka's pieces on her Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/anushkatay/sets/curious-miscellaneousBrowse the companion website for Anushka's exhibition at the Archive: https://curiousmisc.anushkatay.co.uk/Find out more about the Miscellaneous Reports Collection at the Archive at RBG Kew: https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/projects/miscellaneous-reportsInformation on visiting the Archive at RBG Kew: https://www.kew.org/science/engage/accessing-our-science/accessing-library-art-archives---www.anushkatay.co.ukAnushka Tay is an artist and researcher working across text, textiles and music. Whatever the medium, her work explores a preoccupation with the experiences, textures and shapes of the moving body. She is a Techne PhD Candidate at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, where she researches Chinese diaspora dress histories through a close study of clothing and jewellery. When she isn’t making things, Anushka enjoys growing flowers in her small garden. She is not a botanist. ---Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i6L5uCafgjl01-cjFuTzLBljnYiRVcsp/view?usp=share_link ---The Technecast is supported by techne DTPEpisode presented/produced by Felix ClutsonTechnecast team: Julien Clin, Felix Clutson, Edwin Gilson, Morag Thomas, Olivia Aarons, Isabel SykesMusic composed and generously provided by Jennifer Doveton
  continue reading

88 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Copyright 2025 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | | Copyright
Listen to this show while you explore
Play