Jade Cantos of the Enterprise on the Edge project at Cothrom in South Uist talks to Gordon Wells for Island Voices.
Jade, originally from the Philippines, already speaks English and Tagalog and various other languages. Now she’s learning Gaelic as she tackles a youth enterprise project here in the Outer Hebrides.
In one sense, she’s a long way from home. But she obviously feels a strong connection…
Jade is one of a team working on Enterprise on the Edge.
Learn more about the project by phoning Cothrom on 01878 700910, or find it on Facebook or Twitter.
Continuing the Hebridean “virtual reality” theme, it may be worth noting that “island voices” might sometimes be realised instrumentally – rather than purely through the exercising of Adam’s Apple…
The Spring Chickens made a notable musical contribution to Island Voices at the 2011 multilingual midsummer party at Grogarry Lodge in South Uist. While the line-up may vary from time to time the core of the group remains, and can be seen and heard supporting many a local community cèilidh around Berneray and North Uist.
And here they are supplying some musical background for the Virtual St Kilda project, in this instance looking at the construction of a traditional blackhouse.
The Virtual St Kilda exhibition is up and running at Taigh Chearsabhagh, and the “mystery voice” is now revealed as that of regular Island Voices contributor, Archie Campbell, who also prepared the Gaelic version of the bilingual introduction. The project is headed up by the St Andrews University Open Virtual Worlds research group, working closely with local groups in Uist.
The exhibition gives you hands-on interaction, via an Xbox controller, with a digital re-creation of the St Kilda of the 1880s. You can walk around Village Bay (or fly over it!), exploring inside and outside various buildings. Clicking on various objects will take you to additional information, and the project is further enhanced by additional video work with island children offering imaginative interpretations of scenes and stories, ably facilitated by Mary Morrison – to whom Island Voices followers need no further introduction…
The film below was edited together by the St Andrews team. It integrates their own digital reconstruction and video work with stunning natural footage from UistFilm, as well as, flatteringly, some re-purposed shots from Island Voices’ own St Kilda documentaries in English and Gaelic. Archie’s voiceover is truly bilingual, alternating regularly and consistently from Gaelic to English. It’s a very interesting and still experimental format, so comments and suggestions are most welcome.
More sample videos are available on the Open Virtual Worlds group’s Vimeo channel, and you can read more about the group’s work here.
‘S fhada bho nach cuala sinn bho Loriana Pauli! Ach tha i air ais, le agallamh fìor inntinneach sa Bheurla le Sìne Stiùbhart agus Norma Neill aig Caraidean Uibhist.
Tha pròiseact ùr aig a’ bhuidheann, air a bheil an t-ainm “Telephone Befriending”.
Cluinnear barrachd mu dheidhinn le bhith a’ putadh air an dealbh shìos air neo an seo, no ma thathas airson barrachd fhaighinn a-mach mu dheidhinn faodar fòn a chur gu 01870 603233.
(Read about this in English on the Am Pàipear Voices page here.)
Jade Cantos of the Enterprise on the Edge project at Cothrom in South Uist talks to Gordon Wells for Island Voices.
