Nice Day, Isn't It?

Nice Day, Isn’t It?

What kind of weather might we be having if we see a Cumulonimbus cloud in the sky? What does this mean for the plants we are growing? How do we need to dress to move through the temporary conditions with ease? How does this weather make you feel?

In Aberdeen, one thing we can be sure of is that we never quite know what the weather’s going to do; ‘Nice day, isn’t it?’ celebrates the language of weather. Rebecca Dunn has composed new music based on facilitated discussions at community garden locations about things you can see, hear or feel – like wind or sunshine – talking about these less tangible things allows us to express our ideas about what the past 2 years have been like and what our hopes are for the future.

Working with Gray’s Mobile Art School, an ‘Urban Grow Dome’ has been built and the new compositions form a recorded audio installation that audience members can enjoy in a small seated area surrounded by plants growing vertically all around them.

Thanks to participating community gardens Earth & Worms Community Garden, Tillydrone; St Fitticks Edible Garden, Torry and Peacock & The Worm community garden.

Plants provided by:
Duthie Park, Aberdeen City Council, Ellen Firmin, Holburn Allotments and Alcohol and Drugs Action Aberdeen.

Songwriter and community growing practitioner Rebecca Dunn lives in the North East of Scotland and writes and performs music under her own name. As a singer and songwriter, she is highly influenced by the folk traditions of the Highlands.  

Rebecca’s passion for community work and her creative practice have overlapped through projects such as Women’s Open Mic Aberdeen and The Melting Pot Collective, and through teaching music, singing and song writing with organisations such as ACE Voices and SOUND Festival. As a solo performer and songwriter, she has worked with Boo Hewerdine, Findlay Napier, Edwina Hayes and Beth Nielsen Chapman. She has played Belladrum festival, The Tunnels, The Lemon Tree, and Scottish Anarcho Folk Festival.