Tuesday, 26 October 2010

The Lindow Man


This is a project that I am involved with for the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland called Vanishing Boundaries. A piece of music has been composed about this fellow you see here. He is approximately 2000 years old and was discovered in 1984 in Lindow Moss bog in Cheshire.

Similar remains have been found throughout northern Europe, and several more have been found at this particular location. The Lindow remains are widely regarded as the best examples of peat bog remains found in Britain and at the time cause such a big stir and level of excitement among archaeologists and the general public.

I am still awaiting to hear the piece of music but already I am thinking about some visual styles that can be used. As these ideas and research develops I will post more on here. Picture courtesy of The British Museum

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