our broken voice

‘our broken voice’ is a subtlemob about trust and suspicion in public spaces, a Ballardian fiction of terrible events in a city centre, with the audience playing out the moments leading up to the event.

A subtlemob is an invisible flashmob,
it’s like walking through  a film, experienced on headphones,  played out by you and hundreds of strangers. Armed with only an mp3 player this subtlemob takes you on a cinematic experience of twists and turns. . .

“a welcome taste of transmedia storytelling” - Aesthetica Magazine

“as I strode toward the exit my heart pounded with anticipation. With the noise reverberating in the headphones – and my mind – everything suddenly became clear. The story was complete. The traffic was still moving, the people still rushing, the bagpiper still piping as if nothing had happened. And, I suppose, nothing really had. The only change was that right now, for a few of us, the world had become just a little bit different.”  – Informed Edinburgh

“a glacial accumulative music score that would, alone, change the entire way you look at the Brownian motion of shoppers around you. But it’s the moments of unexpected coincidence that really make an impact, the points at which everyday life and Our Broken Voice collide, apt images and happy accidents that you alone are witness to.” Realtime Arts

 

What is a subtlemob?

You put on headphones and a mixture of narrative and richly cinematic music fills your ears. Sometimes you’ll just be watching, sometimes you’ll be following instructions. There’s nothing embarrassing or dangerous, you’re almost just playing yourself . . .

try to remain invisible.

 

Our Broken Voice was developed by Sarah Anderson, Lottie Child, Emilie Grenier, Duncan Speakman, Tassos Stevens (Coney)

Music by Sarah Anderson and Duncan Speakman

Additional music performances by Ysella Kaute, Chloe Herrington, Emma Sullivan

Originally commissioned as part of InBetweenTime Festival.

Supported by Arts Council of England

Thanks to Westminster Kingsway College,Sita Calvert Ennals, and all those who came to help test and shape it