Yatra by Lee Berwick
In 2001 Lee Berwick was commissioned by the Museum Of in London to walk from Tower Bridge to the source of the river Thames, recording and filming as he went (the walk took three weeks through a crisp and frosty January).
Lee produced a short film from the resulting sounds and footage which was then shown at the Museum Of for three months as a part of a looped installation. The film went on to be shown at various festivals and short film events around the UK and Europe.
The following year, Lee collaborated on a dance project in Sweden with the Suen Butoh Company. Entitled Yatra, the piece drew on Lee’s walk for the choreographic ideas, while the sounds Lee had recorded were used as the live soundtrack to the hour-long performance.
This release is a version of the dance soundtrack which was originally released in 2002 to coincide with the dance show’s premiere at the great Fylkingen venue in central Stockholm.
The film is available to view online here - https://youtu.be/qALZitZ914g
