Dear listener, welcome to “Urban Lullaby”. A sound art piece that I created to offer you a moment of tranquility amidst the chaos of city life. As someone who is neurodivergent, I have often felt overwhelmed by the relentless noise of London. Walking in Nine Elms river walk area, the sounds of construction, traffic, conversations, and passing bicycles inspired me to create this work.
In “Urban Lullaby,” I have included ambient sounds recorded from the Nine Elms area, just where you are standing right now. These environmental noises highlights the contrast between the city’s chaos and hopefully, the calming elements of my music.
The piano melodies are composed to bring you peace and serenity. Each note is an invitation to pause, breathe, and ground yourself. My humming, layered in harmonious loops, adds a soothing, lullaby-like quality to the piece, making the music feel personal and comforting. If you are standing here with friends, loved ones, or by yourself, take a moment to just breathe and listen. You deserve a few minutes of calm.
I created this sound art to help others who, like me, are sensitive to noise. By saving this piece on your phone, carry a little pocket of calm with you, open it whenever you need a break from the city’s noise. Whether you use it to ease anxiety, aid in meditation, or help you sleep, know that you are not alone. A few others who scanned this barcode might also be listening to this, including me.
This work also aims to foster a sense of connection and create a space for our community to breathe and find solace. I invite you to find stillness amid the noise, to breathe deeply with these gentle, repetitive loops and layered harmonies.
Ina Leah (Gabriela Fernandez) is a musician and visual artist from East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Founder of Akarupa.id – Art for Wellbeing platform, Ina Leah performs her songs from stage to stage, while actively participating and advocating in the field of psychology,wellbeing, and visual art. Leah is also exploring her work in the form of interactive and performing art, facilitating therapeutic art workshops and self-development classes inspired by heritage and participatory art from Flores, Indonesia.
As a musician, under the stage name of “Ina Leah”, Gabriela has taken her interactive ethos to various stages, producing music that intertwines mental health awareness with personal stories. Gabriela’s artistic journey is intrinsically linked to her advocacy for neurodiversity and psychological health. Her spontaneous and intuitive art-making process is a direct channel through which she explores and expresses the nuances of human emotions and the subconscious mind. In the last six years, Gabriela has dedicated herself to developing therapeutic art workshops with music, visual art, and body movement. Currently, as a master’s student at the Royal College of Art, Gabriela continues to expand her horizon, aiming to harness her art to serve a broader international community. Through her multifaceted artistic endeavours, Gabriela Fernandez actively seeks to answer: “Can we develop collective art experiences that are participative and inclusive, to enhance our mental wellbeing in this contemporary context?”
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