To Be Continued…, 2016, quadraphonic sound installation and multi-channel synchronised film, metal and 18-ply handmade circular benches, accompanied by A3 gloss handouts

To Be Continued... performed the act of the game which may be more commonly known as: Russian scandal, whisper down the lane, broken telephone, operator, grapevine and/or the messenger.

The looped multi-channel film features 22 friends, peers and students, predominately members of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art wider community who were asked to perform the game of passing around a secret message. Receiving and sharing with the person alike. A exercise in which we pay close attention to the act of listening, interpreting, misinterpreting and translating form and the meaning of speech.

Formally, the core of the exploration is commonly known as ‘mondegreen’, coined by Sylvia Wright’s essay in an issue of Harper’s Magazine, 1954. The Etymology stems from a misheard 17th century Scots ballad, ‘The Bonnie Earl O Moray’

"Ye Highlands and ye Lawlands
Oh where have you been?
They have slain the Earl o' Moray
And layd him on the green”

In To Be Continued…, the messages are formed, reformed, interpreted, and misinterpreted. The quadraphonic sound circulates the voices in a continuous loop, highlighting the accents, inflections, and tonal qualities of each speaker. Lighthearted and honest, the work explores communication, the rich textures and rhythms of speech, and the diverse ways in which we form company, interpret news, gossip, stories, and respond to the musicality inherent in language itself.