This is a trailer of Invisible City. To listen to the full sound experience come along to one of our listening parties.
Invisible City is the House of Life’s first artistic commission, the 24-minute piece has been created by sound artists FOR NOW to release layers of stories evoked by the cemetery and the people who come to it.
Susanna Grant and Joey Morris were inspired by Italian novelist Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities” to build a sonic city, full of life and stories that 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.
Join us in August for your chance to listen to Invisible City in the place that it was created. Wander around Willesden Jewish Cemetery taking in the powerful stories of those connected to it.
The audio art can be downloaded free of charge to any smartphone from a QR code or listened to on mp3 players provided by the House of Life. It is best heard wearing earphones.
Invisible City Credits
Created by FOR NOW
Susanna Grant
Joey Morris
Darren Hayman
Commissioned and produced by
Hester Abrams
Voices
Derek Bloom
Rachel Davidson
Vicki Harris
Alex Harris
Isla Kaufmann
Nataliya Kharina
Arthur Mejuito
Jasmine Mejuito
Joseph Mejuito
Lily Mejuito
Daniel Walters
Georgia Walters
Simon Walters
Coordination by Vicky Proctor, House of Life, United Synagogue
Cover design by Sarah Culross
The making of Invisible City was supported by grants from the Brent 2020 Culture Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
