“Attis in Caledon” uses the full force of Scots to create a contemporary version of galliambic metre, the ancient poetic form of Cybele’s centuries-long trans priesthood, and the poetry is complemented by original music and archival material woven together into a new work of noise alchemy. We ran through the ancient pines of Coille Choire Chuilc in the foothills of Beinn Os to bring you this magic.

It was commissioned for Radiophrenia’s Lost in transmission – a series of events presenting non-English language radio works with subtitled translations in cinema spaces around Scotland. Learn more about Radiophrenia here.

Harry Josephine Giles is a writer and performer from Orkney, living in Leith. Her latest book is the poetry collection Them! (Picador 2024). Her verse novel Deep Wheel Orcadia (Picador 2021) won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year. Her poetry collections The Games (Out-Spoken Press, 2018) and Tonguit(Freight Books 2015) were between them shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Saltire Prize and the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Her stage show of her poetry sequence Drone toured internationally in 2019, and the performance of Deep Wheel Orcadia will tour in 2025. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Stirling.

Callie Rose Petal is a Scottish avant-garde conceptual performance artist, composer, software developer, and language artist. Her work spans experimental literature, noise composition, and transmedia ritual. She is known for her work as a “noise alchemist”, fusing experimental sound, ritual structure, and semiotics.