Babet's Fear of the Future (YMI Aberdeenshire)

Finding themselves deep in the heart of Storm Babet, the Aberdeenshire Youth Music Initiative workshop participants harnessed the sounds of the storm and used them as inspiration for a recording that was shaped in real time by the rapidly changing sounds of the natural world. With original music, sung and spoken words and tones created with everything from snapped tree branches to straining metal structures, they created a vivid work that sheds light on Babet from an unexpected perspective.
We know the experience of being surrounded by a storm, but what is it like
being the storm itself – being misunderstood, feared, vulnerable, frightened
by your own strength, facing your own swiftly approaching end?

This project is part of Aberdeenshire’s Youth Music Initiative Programme, funded by The Scottish Government through Creative Scotland, and delivered by Live Life Aberdeenshire. It took place at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Lumsden.