Reviews
The Guardian, 7 June 2010
"Rumbles in the jungle: Kew Gardens' eerie new sound installation" - Pascal Wyse.
An audio slideshow introduction to Whispering in the Leaves. Interview by Pascal Wyse, photographs by Graeme Robertson.
Click on the image below to watch and hear the full audio slideshow on the Guardian website:
Gramophone, 28 May 2010
by Martin Cullingford
"There are some quite extraordinary noises – the guttural croak of black howler monkeys, the short synthesiser-sounding bursts of the frogs, and the shimmering wall of insect noise ... This enjoyable installation works well either as offering visitors an unexpected (or even perhaps for many an unconsciously absorbed) ambient context to the surrounding plants, or as an immersive cycle of sound to be listened to and explored."
Read the full review at www.gramophone.co.uk
Daily Telegraph, 28 May 2010
"Chris Watson: sounds like a load of monkeys" - Florence Waters
"The installation’s beauty is the simplicity of his offering: an opportunity to put our ears in nature’s darkest and most inaccessible places."
Read the full review at www.telegraph.co.uk
In this project
Links
Chris Watson's Website
Chris Watson is published by Touch Music
Whispering in the Leaves Microsite
Further Reading
A full biography for Chris can be read here
Weather Report was named in The Guardian's '1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die' List. It can be bought from Touch: www.touchshop.org
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Originally commissioned by AV Festival 08
