{"id":2899,"date":"2016-02-23T12:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:44:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T13:44:14","slug":"weaving-words-into-sound-at-sutton-hoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/?p=2899","title":{"rendered":"Weaving Words into Sound at Sutton Hoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen! As we tell of a great exhibition in the halls of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/sutton-hoo\" target=\"_blank\">Sutton Hoo<\/a>. &#8216;Weaving Words&#8217; is our new temporary\u00a0display\u00a0for the National Trust, exploring\u00a0the beauty of Old English poetry and the skills of Anglo Saxon wordsmiths.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2903\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_2.jpg\" alt=\"Ugly Studios Sutton Hoo National Trust Weaving Words Anglo Saxon Exhibition\" width=\"620\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sound can be powerful; language and music can make words come alive. Using sound, the exhibition is designed to conjure up an Anglo-Saxon mead hall, to experience poetry as it might have been performed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition plays three different texts, performed in the original Old English: Beowulf, Deor and Caedmon&#8217;s Hymn, accompanied by music, crackling fire sounds and by the occasional \u2018Anglo-Saxon\u2019 cough! As each poem plays, lights illuminate one of three specially-made facsimiles, displaying images of the poem&#8217;s original manuscript next to its translation.\u00a0The lights change with each sound clip, highlighting the words and translation that are being heard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_1.jpg\" alt=\"Ugly Studios Exhibition Design Sutton Hoo Weaving Words National Trust\" width=\"620\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This experience is supported visually with an exhibit dressed in wolf skins, a reproduction lyre and drinking horns. Graphic panels provide a contextual backdrop to the displays, exploring what poetry and poetic sources can tell us about Anglo Saxon culture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_3.jpg\" alt=\"Ugly Studios Sutton Hoo Exhibition Design Anglo Saxon National Trust\" width=\"620\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.uglystudios.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SuttonHoo_WeavingWords_3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition opened to the public on Saturday 13th February 2016 and will be open for a year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you find our heroic exploits inspiring? Please get in touch with us &#8211; either via <a href=\"mailto:info@uglystudios.com\" target=\"_blank\">info@uglystudios.com<\/a> or call us on 01603 760529. Find out more about us and how we work on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UglyStudiosUK\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uglystudios\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen! As we tell of a great exhibition in the halls of Sutton Hoo. &#8216;Weaving Words&#8217; is our new temporary\u00a0display\u00a0for the National Trust, exploring\u00a0the beauty of Old English poetry and the skills of Anglo Saxon wordsmiths. &nbsp; Sound can be powerful; language and music can make words come alive. 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