Flaxmill Voices – Immersive Sound and Light Evening by Andy McKeown

We will be open for drinks and cakes from 7pm to 9pm on Friday 27th September with live background music provided by Andy Lowe and Benedict Johnson

More about the event, from Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings:

“The team at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings have been working with light and sound artist Andy McKeown to record local people saying the names of some of the many Flaxmill workers and their families who were recorded on censuses in the 1800s.

On the weekend of Friday 27 to Sunday 29 September, Andy will return with an immersive light show in the Dyehouse over three days, accompanied by an immersive soundscape of the recorded names.

Twelve projectors will project a continuously changing live mix of Shadows and Texts, with visitors covered with moving words in an immersive experience. Outdoors the South Engine House will be covered by names flowing upwards.

Additional recording of names will take place in a sound booth during each afternoon (12 until 4pm) and those who have already recorded can return to ‘clock on’ on a board with the card they received. This board will then be preserved, becoming a work in its own right.

The sound installation will run in the Dye house each day from 12 until 4pm

The projections  and sound installations will be from 7pm to 10pm on Friday 27, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September 2024, with some projections also in the Dye House in the daytime, from 10am to 4pm.

All events are free. No need to book.”

All images courtesy of Flaxmill Voices