Crit 1 October 2018. Expanding, exploring soil: foley, membrane, interview

Hayden recorded Sam exploring soil

HCA recording studio, October 2018

Foley (named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley) is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass.(Wikipedia, https://www.google.com/search?q=foley&oq=foley&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1556j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)

As part of the foley Sam experimented with the soils from the Dairy field in Bartonsham in Hereford and a domestic garden at Stretton Grandison near Hereford. The latter was rich with life (invertebrates, leaves, sticks, worms etc) and its fragrance was pleasant (mushroomy) which contrasted with the lifeless granularity of the more industrial soil from the Dairy field. Their respective sound reflected these differences.
Video teaser: https://youtu.be/zwaOQD_OV_Qaser 

Interview as practice, in this un-edited 10 minutes interview D explains what soil is: https://youtu.be/TTc_-WkrOkM

D and P and M in conversation about soil, Stretton Grandison, October 2018

Researching soils: 

.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil

.     the National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI)

.     http://www.ukso.org/SoilsOfEngWales/home.html
.     http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/#

.     Soils derive from transported materials that have been moved many miles by wind, water, ice and gravity. Soil in D's walled garden near Stretton Grandison was transported from Normandie in the Medieval period.

.     The EU's soil taxonomy is based on the World Reference Base for Soil Resources produced by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. 

What kinds of soils  in Herefordshire? 

Soilscape 8: 
Slightly acid loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage, http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/#

Mark Dion: 
taxonomies and categories of thinking about nature. See:Whitechapel exhibition, 14 Feb - 13 May 2018, http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/mark-dion/
And article, https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/welcome-to-my-wunderkammer

The Harrisons: 'Making Earth 1970: After understanding that topsoil was endangered world-wide, we made earth many times. The first was sand, clay, sewage sludge, leaf material, and chicken, cow and horse manure. These elements were gathered, mixed, watered, mixed again and again over a 4 month period until it had a rich, forest-floor smell and could be tasted. The largest making of earth was ArtPark in 1977. The smallest making of earth was in the exhibition, “Revered Earth.” Later works looked to the well-being of existing earth.'http://theharrisonstudio.net/making-earth-1970 

Making Earth 1970, Tasting and smelling earth, The Harrisons,

http://theharrisonstudio.net/making-earth-1970 

Researching making soil in the Dairy field, 

Hereford 2018, https://youtu.be/wjLu8lCCGf0

Researching making soil in the Dairy field, Hereford 2018 https://youtu.be/wjLu8lCCGf0