Artist Jenna Burchel’s ‘Singing Stones’ transforms 12 ancient rocks into interactive sound sculptures. The collections in the three-part series are named after three geographic locations – the Cradle of Humankind, Vredefort Dome and the Great Karoo –  where rare and significant prehistoric events occurred. The project explores how to reconnect people to each other and to the world around them by activating the exquisite cracks, places and objects that narrate the beauty of life.

Jenna Burchell is an award-winning artist who seeks to preserve the fragile and ephemeral nature of memory and experience. Burchell often fuses digital media with the natural world to create vessels, archives and libraries that are subverted with narratives from the periphery. Burchell allows function and relational aesthetics to direct the physical formation of her work – often resulting in sculptural sound objects and large-scale interactive environments in which the audience must be present. People, communities and places are rooted in the essence of her practice.