Den. 1

  • Sop
Date:
July 2020
  • Audio
  • Online

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Credit

Den. 1. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

The den. 1

Description

The Den is a series of meditative works in sound and other media that gather material from Sop's regular trips to their 'den'. As someone in the "clinically extremely vulnerable" category for coronavirus, Sop has been shielding. In response to circumstances during lockdown, they take solitary walks at dawn in a nearby wood and cemetery, socially distancing from all but the buried, rediscovering the healing power of nature. There they have made their own secret den, which has become a calm, nature refuge where they can hide in public and go 'off grid'.--Summarised from Artquest's website. https://artquest.org.uk/project/wfh-residency/

Publication/Creation

[United Kingdom] : Sop, July 2020.

Physical description

1 online resource (1 audio file (16:52 min.)) + 1 PDF transcript

Biographical note

"Artist Sop explores alternative strategies for self-care during the Covid-19 pandemic through a series of meditative sound works. As someone in the "clinically extremely vulnerable" category, Sop was forced to shield during the pandemic. They narrate the process of building a secret den in a cemetery at the edges of a wood near where they live. The den provides a space for respite, deeply connected to nature: a structure of protection and safety in which to take shelter."--From Wellcome Collection's website. https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/X2s3IBMAAHbq_CtG

Related material

Documentation related to Sop's commission is held by Wellcome Collection, reference PP/SOP https://wellcomecollection.org/works/f2hw3jyp
Complemented by (work): Your den. (b32880571)
Complemented by (work): Den. 2. (b32496497)
Complemented by (work): Den. 3. (b32892056)

Edition

Edition 1 of 3.

Duration

00:16:52

Copyright note

Sop. All rights reserved.

Language note

Audio and accompanying transcript in English.

Exhibitions note

Exhibited as part of the installation The Den at Wellcome Collection, London, 18 May - 13 June 2021.

Notes

The Den 1 was commissioned and supported by Artquest through the WFH Residency and by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England.

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