Compass Collective is delighted to support 'Voice Notes’, an international creative writing and sound arts project led by Nottingham Trent University. Alongside poet Sarah Jackson and sound artist Hardi Kurda, Compass is running a series of creative workshops with displaced communities in Nottingham and Slemani in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

'Voice Notes’ is an international creative writing and sound arts project, working with displaced communities in Slemani in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Nottingham.  Working with young people across cultural and national borders, 'Voice Notes' explores the changing ways that we use the telephone. 

 The project invites participants, artists and members of the public to contribute to the co-creation of a digital exhibition, sharing their stories through voice notes and exploring the relationship between technology, creativity and exile.

The project ‘Voice Notes’ is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.

Led by poet Dr Sarah Jackson from Nottingham Trent University, in collaboration with sound artist Hardi Kurda and refugee arts charity Compass Collective, the project is delivered in partnership with Counterpoints Arts, New Art Exchange, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, Refugee Roots, Slemani UNESCO City of Literature and STEP.

MEET OUR ASSOCIATE ARTISTS

Anan Tello

Associate Artist

Anan is a journalist, artist and writer with over ten years of experience, six of which were spent in Damascus, Syria.

Her creative practice is focused primarily on Syrian experiences, as well as human displacement and migration.