As a young British/Indian dual heritage musician, who grew up in Devon’s predominantly white English rural landscape, Somin has directly experienced feelings of not being seen, heard or understood, and seeks in this project to inspire, empower and support young POC in the South West. SLoC will create a 60-minute sound art resource by interviewing 10 young POC, providing a safe space where they can talk about their lived experiences. Topics such as identity, culture, community, belonging, alienation, interconnection and racism will be explored. In collaboration with 5 non-western traditional instrumentalists, they will record their creative emotional responses to the interviews, and from these, Somin will design a sonic landscape to accompany them. The piece will be repackaged into 3-minute clips for BBC Radio Devon and other community radio stations. The full piece will be publicly available on all major streaming platforms and archived with an education charity for use as a heritage learning resource in schools. Beneficiaries: 10 young people from Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall will benefit directly. The finished piece will benefit many other POC, especially those living in predominantly white rural areas of the UK.
Emergence Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, no. 1050701.
