A fascination with sound
Kathy Hinde is an Ivor Novello award-winning artist known for her reflective installations, performances, music and live visuals that combine nature and technology.
Her installations ‘Water Balance’ and ‘Listening Horns’ will be on display as part of Wakehurst’s Summer of Sound.
She spoke to us about the inspiration behind her strikingly meditative work, and what it means to truly listen to the world around us.
Sound and vision
I’ve always wanted to bring sound and visual art together. I’ve always been interested in the natural world as well, so I started doing field recordings in nature as part of my practice.
I’d take out microphones and record the sounds around me. I don’t often use this material in my finished pieces, but the process helps me come up with new ideas and it’s a way to explore different locations.
I was drawn to Wakehurst for the incredible landscape and the fact that scientific research is happening on site all the time. It was a chance to learn more about environmental science through the process of making the work.
