Stella Scott: Human Microphone
Human Microphone
In collaboration with Dorothy Feaver
Human Microphone amplifies voices through the power of karaoke. This participatory project by Dorothy Feaver & Stella Scott entreats singers to sustain an entire night devoted to ‘Stay Another Day’ by East 17.
The local anthem put Walthamstow on the map, and for Art Night, its core sense of yearning is channelled through its place of origin, via a new instrumental cover and video. The performative live event is a platform for multiple renditions of the song, testing the point at which message becomes mantra. Captured on film for a nationwide audience, Human Microphone activates the civic history of The Chequers, a public meeting place dating back to the 17th century.
Music by Jacob Samuel with thanks to Bianca Scout and Natural Voices Choir
Motion graphics by Alice Dunseath
Graphic design by Oliver Smith
5 mins
Human Microphone Part I (2020) in collaboration with Dorothy Feaver
Two-part film release. Part I incorporates 30 performances of the karaoke anthem ‘Stay Another Day’ by East 17, finding a unifying power in repetition. In Part II, created in isolation, as pubs shut during the Covid-19 pandemic, people and lyrics are erased, leaving only the word ‘Stay’ visible in subtitles against a depopulated pub setting; viewers are invited to key into the song in isolation.
Image: Dorothy Feaver and Stella Scott
Image: Grey Hutton
Image: Dorothy Feaver and Stella Scott
Image: Grey Hutton
Dorothy Feaver and Stella Scott, Gaussian Blur, Church Street, 2019, C-print on newsprint
Image: Alice Feaver
Pervilion presents Human Microphone
22 June 2019
9pm–1am
The Chequers
145 High St
London E17 7BX
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