The Listener Series - C by Mikey Kirkpatrick

C is Home. Root. River. Flowing as far back as you can, then further, and further still. Breaking the banks, spreading across the fields to the foot of the mountain. You inhale until you can hold no more air. Then, you slowly exhale until you can release no more, revealing the hidden life, the reeds and the muck. This way, you find your bed, your walls, and your ceiling. You feel every shake and every glitch as bare electrical cables, peeling wallpaper, dust, dirty pans in the sink, all mounting as you write by candlelight. In January 2026, Mikey Kirkpatrick played a C every day on a flute. These are all of the Cs and their ambiences stitched together into one continuous flow. This year he will step up the chromatic scale, one month at time, playing and recording a note a day; 12 months, 12 notes. In January 2027, he will arrive at the octave of C, the same note, but different. This is part of a residency- a residency that he invented for himself. He creates every day, even if he only has two minutes spare. This note a day project has grown from this. Everything is documented on a simple substack page (http://mikeykirkpatrick.substack.com). The Residency is open to all. He writes: You are invited to be a resident artist; resident in your body, your home, your streets and parks, seas and dreams. Gather your tools, instruments and materials and begin. Mikey Kirkpatrick, based in London UK, is a flautist, singer, composer, improviser, writer and educator. He has performed on hundreds of streets and stages internationally, composed for film, stage and radio, and collaborated extensively with musicians and artists across different disciplines. He is the founding director of Alchemy at Goldsmiths University, where he is also an associate lecturer. Mikey’s practice both as an artist and an educator focuses on how deeper listening and musicality can be beneficial and healing for individuals, relationships, communities, society, and the environment at large.