Nightwalker, a new audio experience by artist Hannah Sullivan (in early stage development) about a woman walking at night. Using sound and text, the work explores the night’s strange and beautiful qualities. 

Through research & conversations the piece examines the significance of women's lives and freedom at night. Working with intuition and imagination, this piece carefully composes an audio experience that seeks to alter the narrative of women’s presence within the urban night. 

A “night body” or “night self” different from that of our daytime identity, Nightwalker considers how walking at night fosters transformation.

‘I became very fond of the dark… The night is its own fragile world, a natural phenomena, under threat. The darkness is a potential refuge, hospitable, but one that is hard to access. As a woman walking at night, I am acting against domesticity.’ Hannah Sullivan

Nightwalker, blog post.

This work is part of a wider research and development project titled Nightlife, a diptych of work exploring women’s lives at night. Nightwalker will exist alongside Afterparty, a dance and music collaboration exploring female DJ culture and night time dancefloors, Nightwalker being the solitary sister to that party.