- Holly Herndon, ‘Home’
Something In Your Voice is not finished. We did initial R&D on this project in 2020 and 2022 and created a work-in-progress performance, but the project was put into hibernation by Covid. We are now reimagining it, starting from scratch.
With this piece we are exploring the politics of big data, algorithmic surveillance and privacy, and what’s at stake for our philosophical notions of selfhood and autonomy in this hotly contested arena. Featuring a duo of duos, we will be collaborating with a pair of dancers who mirror, shadow, infiltrate and overtake us onstage.
With the support of an MGCFutures grant and WECA’s Creative Freelancer grant, we returned to this work in 2025 with residencies at Bristol Old Vic and the MAYKing Space.
2025 R&D
Conceived and directed by: Ben Kulvichit and Clara Potter-Sweet
Devised and performed by: Hannah Parsons, Lorea Burge, Ben Kulvichit, Clara Potter-Sweet
Sound design: Yas Clarke
2020/22 R&D
Conceived and directed by: Clara Potter-Sweet and Ben Kulvichit
Devised and performed by: Emma Clark, Ben Kulvichit, Clara Potter-Sweet, Alex Roberts and Jemima Yong
Set & costume design: Zoë Brennan
Sound design & dramaturgy: Nat Norland
Artistic support: Hannah Parsons, Alexander Kelly (Third Angel)
Embedded critic: Lily Levinson
Producer: Emily Davis
Production photos: Chelsey Cliff
R&D photos: Jemima Yong
Something in Your Voice R&D in 2020-22 was supported by Bristol Old Vic Ferment, Cambridge Junction, New Diorama, Third Angel in association with Sheffield Theatres, and London Performance Studios, with funding from Arts Council England.
> 4 February 2020 / Ferment Fortnight, Bristol Old Vic [work-in-progress]
RESOURCES
2020 work in progress photos by Chelsey Cliff
R&D photos by Jemima YongDocumenting 2.5 weeks of early R&D with the dream team - across Cambridge Junction, Sheffield Theatres & Bristol Old Vic’s Ferment Fortnight festival (Jan-Feb 2020)