The final phase of our research project is currently in preparation. This will be an exhibition of reproduced materials from the Iris Murdoch archive, new and exsting contemporary art and a very special sound piece. We are looking for people to take part!

We are incredibly excited to have been granted permission by the Iris Murdoch Archive to create a recording of an unpublished poem entitled Music in Ireland. For this, we are hoping that female and female-identifying Murdochians will lend us their voices by recording one of the drafts of the poem. This will become a sound work in which six lead voices are heard reading drafts of the poem which then layer with the voices of many different female Murdoch scholars to create a wall of sound that should be really beautiful.

This will involve recording yourself reading the poem using a free software that can be downloaded to most computers or as a voice note if you have a high-quality microphone on your smartphone. We will need you to complete a recording and submit a release form by mid-August.

If you would like to take part, email attention.y.t.t@gmail.com with the subject line:

‘Music in Ireland- I’m in!’ before August 5th