A site-based audio artwork designed to be listened to on headphones in or around a skatepark or skatespot.
The narration and instructions for movement throughout are designed for anyone (skater or non-skater) to listen to and perform (or imagine performing) in or around a skatepark or skatespot.
The texts on allyship from the three characters in the piece were developed from anonymised interview material gathered as part of the Girl Skateboarders research project. This project was funded by The Leverhulme Trust and led by Nottingham Trent University (Principal Investigator- Prof. Carrie Paechter), with Skateboard GB and the University of Leeds.
Dani Abulhawa is a skateboarder and lecturer in Contemporary Applied Performance at the University of Leeds, UK. She is an ambassador for skateboarding charity, SkatePal, co-director of Skate Manchester, and author of Skateboarding and Femininity: Gender, Space-making and Expressive Movement (published in 2020 by Routledge). www.daniabulhawa.com
@skeeterdani
Guillaume Dujat is a Manchester based artist/composer and half of computer music duo WEȽ∝KER. gdujat.com. @gdujat
credits
from Skatepark Allyship // An Audio Artwork,
track released March 6, 2023
Concept/writing/direction: Dani Abulhawa
Composer: Guillaume Dujat
Cello: Lili Holland-Fricke
Actors: Rydian Cook, Zoe Tyler, Beth Murray, Ulka Gaitonde
Recording, Mix & Mastering: Guillaume Dujat
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