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Community of Grieving
“Community of Grieving” is an audio ritual by Julia Giertz and Zosia Hołubowska that draws on traditions of vesper and lament and merges sonic meditation, narration and audio essay. Sung in Polish by Hołubowska, the opening lines translate as, “How false everything is in this wretched world”. The bleakness is balanced by the intention of “Community of Grieving”, a powerful testament to the way that music and sound can unite people, both in joy and mourning – during stringent pandemic lockdowns around the world, the initial online broadcast connected with an audience discussion on Discord, led by Giertz and Hołubowska.