During the private view there will be performances by local poet, WordyGirl, Narayani L Guibarra. Narayani has written poetry since childhood and enjoys writing poems that are easily accessible and that touch on the themes of joy, wonder and our connectedness with one another and with nature as well as loss, loneliness and grief, the journey of life and the experiences of the inner child. For some poems, spoken word alone is used, for others there is a backdrop of sounds which have been tailor made for the poems by Larry Poulton.
Narayani has also taken some photos inside the church which are on display and you may like to wander around and wonder where they were taken.Larry Poulton
One of Larrys earliest memories is listening to his mums radio. Music became very important to him and it is perhaps no great surprise that growing up in the age of the synthesiser meant he was the first to own one in his school. He has always been an experimenter in music. He never learnt music formally and doesn't feel the need to. His influences range from Bach and Mozart to the fathers of modern electronic music: Tangerine Dream. He cites another great influence - Brian Eno - the initiator of Ambient Music.
Larry feels an immense pleasure when making music. He is often amazed that he has no idea where his musical ideas comes from - it just appears. He doesn't question this.
Producing the music for this exhibition was especially challenging. The sculptures, the venue and the audience were all considerations. Larry wanted the music to play on the mind subconsciously so as not to detract from the sculptures themselves. If you leave the church feeling emotionally lifted but don't know why, Larry would like to think that his music had a part to play in that.
