Sometimes We Wake

As part of Sound of Belfast, local musician Richard Davis aka Heliopause launches Sometimes We Wake, a sound walk that reflects on memory and the queer narratives in his songwriting.

The sound walk invites you to walk through the Palm House in Botanic Gardens, where Heliopause performed a show in 2009 with Albrecht's Pencil. This walk will guide you around the conservatory as you listen to his memory of being and performing in the venue while reflecting on the songs that he was writing at the time from the album Walk Into The Sea. Richard merges these memories of the conservatory with the writings of a local gay author almost a hundred years before.

The sound walk is free to experience during Sound of Belfast within the Palm House opening hours. Participants access the audio using their own smartphone and headphones.

The sound walk activates when you are located at the Palm House in Botanic Gardens, Belfast and lasts 14 minutes. Put on your headphones and start the audio while standing outside the main entrance to the conservatory. Let my voice guide you inside.

Full details about this sound walk can be read at http://www.heliopause.co.uk/sound-walks