From My Perspective
‘From My Perspective’ is a new creative music-based service that involves conducting audio-recorded life story interviews to create individual listening experiences by combining their spoken voice with music and sound design elements that you can keep in a physical delivery format. This delivery format is known as the ‘Memory Box’ and can play back the listening experience through the device’s inbuilt speakers, allowing you to select and listen to specific extracts in a narrative storytelling sense.
‘’What an amazing memory to have, we honestly can't thank you enough’’
- Family Member of Participant
This innovative approach combined the principles of life review and narrative therapy with advanced sound design techniques. The result was an emotionally resonant and deeply personal experience for participants, illustrating the power of storytelling in fostering emotional well-being and legacy creation. By leveraging sound and narrative, the project created a bridge between patients and their loved ones, providing a unique way to celebrate and preserve memories.
''I'm Really Glad That I'm Still Alive in Order to See This''
- Hospice Participant
The ‘From My Perspective’ project emerged from a deeply personal experience and a desire to combine sound design and storytelling with palliative care. Inspired by the practice of recording his terminally ill grandfather’s life stories, Isaac Gibson recognized the profound emotional and therapeutic value of preserving voices and memories. The project evolved into a structured intervention that engaged hospice patients to share their stories through semi-structured interviews. These narratives were transformed into personalised audio soundscapes, enriched with bespoke music and environmental sound elements. The completed recordings were delivered in Memory Boxes, which served as tangible and accessible keepsakes for participants and their families.
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