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Wild Hackney is a docu-drama taking you through an imaginary landscape of the Lee Valley after the seawater has risen. Made in response to the canal and the surrounding ancient flood plains, the piece takes as inspiration the Victorian Gothic novel After London by Richard Jefferies. Written in 1885, the book imagines London reverting to nature after a flood, with only a few survivors roaming the marshland. Using field recordings of the area, the feature moves through scenes of a future Hackney combinging elements of documentary and fiction to reflect on the allure of urban ruin. Wild Hackney was commissioned by Folly For A Flyover as part of CREATE 2011 festival. It was installed in the canoe boats to be listened to on the journey from the Middlesex Filterbeds along to Fish Island and the Olympic site. 
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Piece Description
Wild Hackney is a docu-drama taking you through an imaginary landscape of the Lee Valley after the seawater has risen. Made in response to the canal and the surrounding ancient flood plains, the piece takes as inspiration the Victorian Gothic novel After London by Richard Jefferies. Written in 1885, the book imagines London reverting to nature after a flood, with only a few survivors roaming the marshland. Using field recordings of the area, the feature moves through scenes of a future Hackney combinging elements of documentary and fiction to reflect on the allure of urban ruin. Wild Hackney was commissioned by Folly For A Flyover as part of CREATE 2011 festival. It was installed in the canoe boats to be listened to on the journey from the Middlesex Filterbeds along to Fish Island and the Olympic site.
Additional Credits
Producers: Francesca Panetta and Russell Finch
Narrator: Frank Burnett
Contributors: The Marshman, Leo Mellor, and the River Gypsies
Music: Andrew Pekler, Kev Hopper and Chapters
Additional help: Xavier Zapata and Alex Hocking
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