About Murmurations

Murmurations seeks to share the hidden experiences of older people, queer people and the crip community - the highs, the lows, and the strategies we use to navigate the world.

We have worked closely with groups spanning these communities, listening, talking, and finding out what must be heard. We co-designed values with members of these groups, bringing these into an experience that aims to make the invisible visible.

Murmurations exists in the physical world as a blanket, a resting space where you can hear the words of age, crip and queer. We have recreated this online to the best of our ability.

Murmurations is one of six prototypes commissioned as part of University of Bristol’s Connecting Through Culture As We Age research project. Thanks to Bristol Old Vic and Pervasive Media Studio for their support of the project.

Team

Co-Lead Artist: Raquel Meseguer Zafe

Co-Lead Artist: Chloe Meineck

Creative Producer: Graham Johnson

Creative Technologist: Shrouk El-Attar

Co-Researcher: Hughie Carroll

Sound Designer: Dan Powell

Community Co-Design partner: Bristol Older People’s Forum

We would like to thank all those who participated in the project, whether this was in a workshop, an interview, or by sharing your voices for the stories on this website.