the mermaid has just heard of a webocean site that tells helps landfolk to make better choices about the kind of merfolk they are eating. it’s called seafood watch. the mermaid thinks that seafood watch needs a team of blue or green clad creatures to make it qualify for a television series so that the cause attracts more attention!
image source: xjkenny/deviantart
anyway, if you are uncertain about what sea creatures to eat, please check out the site!
source: wikipedia
the mermaid got sent an intivation to participate in the musical (?) performance of a poem called ‘the rime of the ancient mariner’. apparently, the southbank centre is still looking for some poetically inclined land- and merfolk to creatively advertise the event. here is what they are looking for:
“we would like to create a procession of singers to learn one, possibly two, pieces and to process around the site heralding the start of each show. the idea is that you would be singing and handing out wedding invitations as you process along the route. Some members of [the music group] bellowhead may be marching and playing with you and like the pied piper will draw crowds to the show.”
if you feel like joining the maritime wedding in this way, please e-mail voicelab@southbankcentre.co.uk and put YES I CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE ANCIENT MARINERS PROCESSION in the subject line. the event takes place on the 4 july 2009 – at 12 pm and again at 3 pm.
source: beam
the mermaid is pleased to hear (thanks, stephen!) that in the town whose waters she used to reside in for some years, now houses a fantastically aquatic exhibition. ryumei fujiki’s aqua-scape travelled all the way from tokyo to the wilds of wakefield in the north of england. details about the exhibition can be found here.
source: la times
the mermaid recently found an article about a human who orientates himself with the help of echolocation. now, prior to reading this article, the mermaid only knew about people like dolphins or bats to use this. and maybe andrew bailey. the only ‘proper’ human use of echolocation she was aware of was sonar which she is quite worried about. after all, it tends to provide great discomfort to herself and some of her fellow water creatures, sometimes even resulting in death.
the mermaid is pleased that some humans are campaigning for ’silent oceans’, but according to this article, little is being done about this from an official side. the mermaid agrees: ‘dolphin-friendly nuclear submarines anyone?’
maybe the mermaid should get some scientists and musicians together to do an acoustic demonstration of the effects of sonar. a sort of evil twin of the wetsounds project…
the mermaid thanks everyone for coming! and big thanks to jonathan for giving us the vaults of the foundry! here are some pictures from last night:
plant life
jellyfish themed sweets from osaka aquarium
action shot!
>)))D
the world ocean day 2009 compilation is now out!
tracklisting:
cos chapman – splash
freya black – fish magic
keshco – porthminster pickle
mouth for rusty – joyful under water
kevin zelnio – the ballad of the inarticulate brachiopod
pete um – the blueblack/sea disco/half-cut aquabots/i don’t want to be a sailor
now – water/shore
notebook of a mermaid – light without light/uzu no michi/the pumproom (now cover)
strong city records – the enchanted isles
available at world ocean day sound/art @ the foundry, london, uk or via post!
the mermaid is pleased that a jellyfish crop circle has appeared in a field in oxfordshire in time for world ocean day. the farmers whose field the giant jelly manifested in are naturally less pleased.
the mermaid’s world ocean day event is coming up soon. very soon. in fact, it is tomorrow! for the occasion, the mermaid has made a video from footage she shot while visiting japan.
please come and join us! listen or play. take mix-cd. greet the mermaid. have some water-based refreshments, seaweed crackers and jellyfish themed sweets!
world ocean day 2009 sound/art 6-9pm @ the foundry, london. tube old street.
a friend pointed out this aquaphile bovine to me the other day (thanks, rebecca!). judging by the number of similar stories from all over the world, it seems like we’re about to witness the birth of a new species of sea cows anytime soon.
the mermaid has been invited to DJ at ‘a music club’ at the others in the north of her thames residence. on 11 june 2009 she will be playing your favourite aquatic hits from rock lobster to atlantis for you to swing your flippers to!
