The House of Life Heritage Centre at Willesden Jewish Cemetery is offering another chance to take part in this free unique sensory experience, Invisible City. Visitors can immerse themselves in an evocative soundscape as they explore 21 acres of tranquil memorial landscape.
The sound art was commissioned by the cemetery as part of the first BRENT BIENNIAL, a highlight of the Brent 2020 London Borough of Culture calendar. And is being restaged for COLLECTIVE RHYTHMS: A summer of music in Brent hosted by Metroland Cultures. Visitors can walk the cemetery paths or find a bench in the heart of the site and lose themselves in a world of reminiscence and stories.
FOR NOW’s Susanna Grant and Joey Morris who produced the 24-minute listening experience say they have been inspired by Italo Calvino’s novel “Invisible Cities” to build a sonic city, full of life and stories that will wash over the cemetery as the listener wanders its expanses. Invisible City transports you to a land of memory, as Arthur, the cemetery foreman, with a chorus of relatives and people from around Willesden, draw you in.
The audio art can be downloaded free of charge to any smartphone from a QR code.. Visitors are asked to bring their own earphones.
Please note the Cemetery opening hours here.
Scan the QR code to listen to the soundscape
