Memento Mori

Better Songs Productions•bettersongs.co.uk

The Memento Mori podcast series creates sonic stories from the work of photographer Peter Mitchell, who captured the demolition of Quarry Hill flats in the late 1970s. The project was recorded entirely during lockdown and was funded by Leeds City College Arts Fund. A Better Songs Production, produced by Rosie Parsons and Verity Watts. Featured voices: Peter Mitchell Tony Baker Martin Brennan Jack Longbottom Martin McGuire Theresa Tosney Margaret Shippin Steve Pye Becky Palfrey and Andy Gray. Special thanks to Rudi Thoemmes, Dom McGuire, Leeds City Museum, Colours May Vary, Tony Macaluso and Rum Doodle for the use of their song, The Quarry Hill Flats. Memento Mori is published by RRB Photobooks and is available via strangelyfamiliar.co.uk Featured image: Kitson House from the West. Photo credit Peter Mitchell / RRB Photobooks. Follow @ strangelyfamiliar on Instagram. Find out more and listen to our other productions at bettersongs.co.uk

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4. New Models for Old

Episode 4: As Leeds City College open their doors to a brand new campus on Quarry Hill, we hear reflections from students on the stories and images from Memento Mori. The Memento Mori podcast series creates sonic stories from the work of photographer Peter Mitchell, who captured the demolition of Quarry Hill flats in the late 1970s. The project was recorded entirely during lockdown and was funded by Leeds City College Arts Fund. A Better Songs Production, produced by Rosie Parsons and Verity Wat...

Apr 23, 2021•17 min

3. Goodbye World

Episode 3: Goodbye World: Reflecting on the loss and the legacy of the flats through Peter’s photographs, and the Quarry Hill site today. The Memento Mori podcast series creates sonic stories from the work of photographer Peter Mitchell, who captured the demolition of Quarry Hill flats in the late 1970s. The project was recorded entirely during lockdown and was funded by Leeds City College Arts Fund. A Better Songs Production, produced by Rosie Parsons and Verity Watts. Featured voices: Peter Mi...

Apr 23, 2021•24 min

2. Battleship on Eastgate

Episode 2. Battleship on Eastgate Former residents recall life in Quarry Hill Flats, as Peter Mitchell records the passing of time. The Memento Mori podcast series creates sonic stories from the work of photographer Peter Mitchell, who captured the demolition of Quarry Hill flats in the late 1970s. The project was recorded entirely during lockdown and was funded by Leeds City College Arts Fund. A Better Songs Production, produced by Rosie Parsons and Verity Watts. Featured voices: Peter Mitchell...

Apr 23, 2021•18 min

1. The Winged Cobra Lands

Episode 1. The Winged Cobra Lands Artist and photographer Peter Mitchell comes to Leeds, and starts documenting the last days and slow demolition of Quarry Hill Flats in a series of extraordinary photographs. The Memento Mori podcast series creates sonic stories from the work of photographer Peter Mitchell, who captured the demolition of Quarry Hill Flats in the late 1970s. The project was recorded entirely during lockdown and was funded by Leeds City College Arts Fund. A Better Songs Production...

Mar 26, 2021•18 min

Introducing Memento Mori

Introducing Memento Mori, a soundscape documentary series from Better Songs Productions. Produced by Rosie Parsons and Verity Watts. Memento Mori creates sonic stories from the work of photographer Peter Mitchell, who captured the demolition of Quarry Hill flats in the late 1970’s. Built in the 1930s in Leeds, the flats were the UK’s largest social housing complex at the time. Mitchell’s book Memento Mori collected fragments of their history alongside images of the flats’ demolition. Funded by L...

Nov 20, 2020•1 min

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