The Sound Agents Arts/Culture/Heritage organisation, formerly known as Chinapool is led by Moira Kenny and John Campbell, contemporary artists/oral historians whose work encapsulates the language and issues of the neighbourhood to co-create work with communities.
Based in Chinatown, the Sound Agents body of work includes two decades of documents, focussing on the design of a Museum for Chinatown. They are currently working in partnership with international designer Jyakuen Phenix to produce both a Virtual and Nomadic Museum.
Keepers of the Liverpool Chinatown Oral History recorded in 2014, The Sound Agents recorded 40 face to face interviews with members of the Chinese community and dual heritage Chinese former residents of the Liverpool One area. Producing a verbatim play The Curious Disappearance of Mr Foo based on the forced deportation of Blue Funnel Chinese seamen who were repatriated from Liverpool in 1946 and the hardship encountered by the Liverpool Irish women who were left behind with young children
Opera for Chinatown, a public art installation on 3 Georgian Terraces in Duke Street, visually told the personal stories of the seamen and their families and the Liverpool Chinese children who took part in the 1958 film The Inn of Sixth Happiness
Working as memory catchers, The Sound Agents record seldom heard voices to provide opportunities for everyday people to share their stories through engagement with the Arts.
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