You are invited to make a short sound piece in collaboration with one or more other people and submit it to be part of Love, dinner, flowers, dances (money, work, deadlines, power). The project encourages people to collaborate and to reflect on the process - its complexities, imperfections, joys and strengths. For instructions see below.

The idea is founded in Italian feminism, specifically the Milan Women’s Bookshop Collective (the title comes from their collective writing) and their belief in ‘The Practice of Doing’ as a way of building lasting networks and relationships, overcoming difference through building respect for each other’s particular contribution to shared tasks and projects.

The project was originally shown as part of a group show in London in early March 2020 as a sound recording + poster + a booklet including the writing and illustrations. All text, image and sounds © the individual contributors.

The contributions so far - sound, pictures and commentary, can be accessed by clicking on each contribution below.

RNG Sounds Mel Woo, Stuart Winter and family

A Virtual Cuppa Sarah Sabin and Tracey Robinson

Poor Connection Leena Muley and Richie Benson

Why Don’t You Have a Voice Recorder Like That? Howard Walmsley and Angelica Cabezas

Death Mountain: Jojo Taylor and Jon Thurlow

Six Days Gone: Anne and Matt O’Driscoll

Rocket: Laura Parkin, Stu Donohoe and Idris Donohoe

The Bathers: Ruby Sherwood-Martin and Dominic Bilton

Change: Eddie Sherwood and Sabrina Fuller

Dinnerware Soda: Rosie O’Driscoll and Andrew Rickett

Double Bass and Hand Pan Collaboration: Evie O’Driscoll and Rosie Bergonzi

The Theme is London – Why? Rivelino Lopes and Rebekah Ford

Not At My Age: Len and Ben Grant

Roman Walks: Stefania Tufi and John Fyffe

Seven to Ninety-Seven: Michele Pouncey and Natalia Maximova

Hanging a Picture but Really Playing Trivial Pursuits: Ana Escobar and Ben Smissen

No Alcohol ‘til It’s Finished: Anne Tucker and Alison Hamilton

You are warmly invited to contribute. What you have to do is, as set out below:

1. Find someone to collaborate with (remotely or in person).

2. Make a brief (maximum two minute) sound work together - for example this could be a soundscape, a song, a poem, music, a talk, a dialogue, a story or a mixture of any of those. It doesn’t have to be sophisticated - you can record it on your phone.. See the (very different) contributions that follow - click on a picture to take you to the sound piece and writing.

3. Then write about 200 words each about the process of collaboration - what was good, what frustrating or didn’t work. There’s lots of examples below if you click on the pictures. .

4. And please send a (copyright free) illustration too.

5. Then send it to the email sabrinasusanfuller@gmail.com with i, the sound file as an mp3, m4a or similar compressed file, ii, the writing about the process - about 400-500 words - IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL please, not as an attachment, and iii, an illustration as a jpeg.

6. You retain all rights to the material.

   Then if it won’t offend anyone then it will be published on the website and included (with your permission) in future manifestations of the project.