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  A HUNT | 2011

A HUNT, Public Performance | 2011, Documentation video (9mins) / Sound Installation (5mins). A Hunt is a public vocal performance that functions as a sound intervention in the streets of Soho London. The project has resulted in several live performances, audio and video works and the print production of The Urban Hunting Manual. The name "Soho" derives from an old English hunting call, an adaption of 'Seeho' which in old hunting lingo means 'seen a hare'. In A Hunt, six female performers re-enact a hunt, communicating with their voices alone and the semi-linguistic sounds of ancient hunting calls. They reclaim the Soho streets as the territory for their own game where they hunt and find several foxes such as the '20th Century Fox building in Soho square or the intrepid fox bar on Wardour street. A sound arrangement develops the hunting calls are juxtaposed with the preexisting urban sound environment and creating an alternative kind of hunting ritual. Credits A Film By Laura Cooper. Performed by Laura Cooper, Charon Gerogette, Kristan Saloky, Kristen Schaffer, Eleanor Young. Camera’s Nick Brooke, Rob Crosse, Ian Giles, Sejin Kim. Video Links https://vimeo.com/22118577