Parrot Fever – Guided Soundwalk & Talk

About The Event

We came through different doors; does that put us in the same room?

While searching for a lost colleague, a journalist navigates a city that feels suddenly less familiar. A companion to the film to the wire, this soundwalk is about trust & cultivating sources, learning where you belong and learning your craft. It’s about ghosting, catfishing, mimicry & learning to recognise invasive species. Mostly, it’s about paranoia — and a stolen parrot.

The soundwalk begins at Belfast Exposed (23 Donegall Street). Access the walk anytime via the Echoes app (https://echoes.xyz/). You will need headphones and a phone or tablet with location enabled to explore the story on site, around the city centre. Move at your own pace — and make sure to keep alert to your surroundings (especially traffic) as you go.

Barry Cullen contributed to the sound design | Paul Doran wrote the original character of the journalist Image: Ring-necked Parakeets, Belfast Waterworks (photos by Brendan Quail)

Emily DeDakis is a writer & dramaturg from the southeast USA, now living in north Belfast. She holds MA & PhD degrees in Creative Writing from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast and is associate artist with Fighting Words NI, mentoring young playwrights. Emily’s writing has appeared in Dead Housekeeping, Ulster Tatler, Yellow Nib, Of Mouth, Choice Words and on BBC radio and television. Recent writing includes The Party Party (The MAC), Because Swiping Made My Grandson Stop Believing in Love (BBC Radio 4), Two by Two (Household), The Garden of Remembrance for Bygone Phallic Symbols (Origin Theatre NYC) and Last Night in Belfast (BBC 3). A member of the experimental music collectives No Hevdem and HIVE Choir, Emily often creates multimedia collaborations with sound artists – such as F R E A K  FLOODS (with Úna Monaghan), Driving Music (with Una Lee/Quills That Whisper) and Stowaway City (with Michael McKnight).

Supported by NI Mental Health Arts Festival and Hosta Projects.