Call Out for Participants - Singing The Alphabet

The drop-in session is open to all on Saturday 28th October 2023 from 1pm-4pm at the CCA Creative Lab. The session will be led by the current resident artist, Eye Suriyanon, where she has been exploring how the duality of her Thai-British identity and language can be presented based on Jacques Derrida’s Monolingualism of the Other. As well as unearthing the CCA’s Archive of work by artists of the diaspora who presented similar themes.

Participants will be given a text score with English and Thai alphabets and their phonetic versions. Participants will be asked to follow and recall the pronunciation made by Eye, as well as given the chance to vocalise the text score based on their interpretation of these characters. Participants can stay as long as they like. By taking part in the recording, participants give permission/consent for the artist to use the recorded vocals for development and exhibition use.

Refreshments and snacks will be available throughout the session as a token of appreciation to participants.

About the Artist

Eye Suriyanon is a Thai artist based in Glasgow, UK. She grew up in the Northeast and South of Thailand before migrating to the East of England. Her practice explores how collective voice can be used to dismantle power structures, along with how these voices can be heard when a listener is inattentive through thematic investigations. Besides the research being conducted during her residency. She also works with Machine Learning to conjure voices for future mechanical beings based on Buddhist Philosophy.

Previous exhibitions include ‘Take Me Somewhere Festival’ (2023), Tramway, Glasgow, UK. ‘Interruption: Sounds’ (2021), The Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK. ‘mutual feelings’ (2020), House of Conspiracy, Brisbane, AUS. ‘Tremolo’ (2017), The Royal Standard, Liverpool and ‘Club Big’ (2017), HOME, Manchester, UK