A 31-Day Convergence
40 Years of word art. 31 Days of Ancestral Strata. January 23rd to February 22nd 2026.
After four decades of creating word art, manonadune found a new catalyst in the heights and depths of Prague. The towers and basements of that city provided the impetus for Ancestral Strata—a series that connects his North Yorkshire present with his London birthplace and deep roots in the North East.
This series represents a dialogue with landscape. Each video features words improvised on-site, capturing the immediate spirit of the location. Some pieces are a single, focused breath; others are a collage of times and places.
The Daily Release Cycle
From January 23rd, a new layer of the strata every day across three platforms was experienced:
The Video
The evocative core of the project, debuted daily on the manonadune YouTube channel
The Sonic Experience
An edited soundscape of the day’s video, hosted on the manonadune SoundCloud channel.
The Digital Translation
AI-interpreted visual art, generated from the transcribed improvisations, appeared on the manonadune Instagram channel.
Below you will find the video, sound piece, the visualisation of the transcription for the 31 days of Ancestral Strata:
Day 1
The Here Where You Thought You Would Be
Day 2
Unforgotten Walls
Day 3
Tales You Could Not Tell
Day 4
Before You Knew The Day Had Begun
Day 5
Where Was The World When We Were Not Looking
Day 6
Words Once Known
Day 7
Not Seeing The Light For Longer Than You
Day 8
Learning Language Again
Day 9
Far Enough Away From Tomorrow
Day 10
Begin To See The World That Was
Day 11
Retrieved Reality
Day 12
Bring Me To Where You Brought Me
Day 13
Before The Sea Covers Up My Way
Day 14
After The Storm Again
Day 15
That World That Was Waiting
Day 16
Closer Than You Believed
Day 17
Drag Out The Dreams
Day 18
Near Long Remembered Water
Day 19
Unexpected Unappearance
Day 20
When Tomorrow Is
Day 21
An Absence OF Answers
Day 22
Every Day That Might Say What You Had Not Expected
Day 23
Look At Tomorrow Longer
Day 24
Patterns And Purposes
Day 25
Lost Language
Day 26
The World That Comes Calling
Day 27
Here Is No Door
Day 28
Arrows Ending The Journey
Day 29
The World Of Was And Is
Day 30
Unsharing Language
Day 31
Since Opened Eyes
