Tipping Point
Installation · Dialogue, music & sound editor (end-to-end)
Dialogue and music editor on this immersive, multichannel surround-sound and light installation, first shown at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden and now touring.
Services:
Dialogue, music & sound editing
Dialogue, music & sound editing
Client:
Luke Jerram / Dan Jones
Year:
2024
2024
The work
The brief for the installation to make audiences feel what experiencing a wildfire might be like, while educating them on what causes these fires, the difference between a controlled “cool burn” (a land-management tool) and a devastating “megafire,” and what we might do to prevent catastrophic fires in future.
This was an end-to-end project. It began with researching wildfires, sourcing audio of people describing their experiences, and finding individuals to interview about their personal — often harrowing — stories, alongside experts in the field whose contributions were genuinely surprising.
I went through hours of recorded material, logged the most interesting, educational and poignant moments, cleaned up and edited the dialogue, then wove two audio “tapestries” that brought the stories together into coherent narratives: one around lived experience of wildfire, and one delivering objective educational information about how fires start, what affects the risk they pose, and how we might combat them.
The work
The brief for the installation to make audiences feel what experiencing a wildfire might be like, while educating them on what causes these fires, the difference between a controlled “cool burn” (a land-management tool) and a devastating “megafire,” and what we might do to prevent catastrophic fires in future.
This was an end-to-end project. It began with researching wildfires, sourcing audio of people describing their experiences, and finding individuals to interview about their personal — often harrowing — stories, alongside experts in the field whose contributions were genuinely surprising.
I went through hours of recorded material, logged the most interesting, educational and poignant moments, cleaned up and edited the dialogue, then wove two audio “tapestries” that brought the stories together into coherent narratives: one around lived experience of wildfire, and one delivering objective educational information about how fires start, what affects the risk they pose, and how we might combat them.
