Month: June 2020
Réouvrir des chemins d’écoute
Translate this page Le resserrement brutal de mes espaces d’écoute, durant les mois de confinement sanitaire, me font d’autant plus apprécier aujourd’hui la réouverture de mes terrains d’aventure auriculaire. Durant une période drastiquement liberticide, certains média, pour moi la radio, ont maintenu l’accès à des paysages sonores, au sens large du terme, dépassant et … Continuer à lire ... "Réouvrir des chemins d’écoute"
Breakout – nature escaping confinement
During the last few months, due to the restrictions caused by the spread of the COVID-19 virus, everyone's attention has been redirected inward. Our travel, our plans, our expectations have all been reduced along with our horizons. With my own at...
A Time of Soft Reopenings and Cautionary Travel
As the pandemic crisis lessens in New York State, several NYC attractions are scheduling their reopenings. What will open, and how will you get there?With the state of New York currently ahead of the class in the pandemic outbreak across the US, many p...
Let’s Take a (Virtual, Twitter Guided) Walk #45 went to the voting booth
What else could we do with LTAW#45 but go to the voting booth? And so we did. We took a virtual guided Walk. Walking separately but sharing a journey #WalkingTogetherApart #Worldwide. Departing from my home in the Lower East Side, I walked to...
Stories in Stone – Virtual Tours Now Available
Booking for Groups Everywhere Most people do not think of looking for geology from the sidewalks they travel, but for the intrepid geologist any good rock can tell a fascinating story. On this virtual tour, which incorporates illustrations and photographs, you will explore a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics, such as: … Continue reading Stories in Stone – Virtual Tours Now Available
20 Years of Seeing with GPS: Platforming place narratives with location-based games
--------------------------The video embedded above is the recorded presentation I gave at the 20 Years of Seeing with GPS symposium, hosted online by the Department of Digital Humanities at Kings College London on 12th June 2020. This event marked the ...
Verleihung des Audiowalk-Award 2020 am 24. Juni, 20.00 Uhr
Guidemate, die Plattform für Audioguides, Audiowalks und Hörspaziergänge, hat in Kooperation mit Soundmarker, dem Labor für ortsbezogene Audioarbeiten, den Audiowalk-Preis 2020 ausgelobt. Gesucht wurden mutige, künstlerisch und inhaltlich anspruchsvolle Arbeiten aus den Feldern der Dokumentation, Fiktion, Klangkunst und Bildung/Vermittlung – auch Mischformen waren willkommen. And the winner is... Am 24. Juni entscheidet sich, wer das Rennen gemacht hat.
Staying focussed, keeping on track
Lucy Parris is documenting her current walking practice, which throws up images which become prints, on her blog. These prints were in response to boundaries. I have been thinking a lot recently about visible and invisible boundaries. I chose the walk as I knew it would involve boundaries, I have begun walking the perimeter of […]
The Most Beautiful Bridge in the World
Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965), the leading proponent of the International Style of modern architecture, visited NYC on several occasions in the 1930s and 1940s, and he made much to say about the skyscraper city. He didn’t think much o...
Walking In Circles – Artist Talk – Daniel & Clara
Next week we’ll be taking part in Metal Culture’s Future Network Shorts. We’ll be presenting ‘Walking in Circles’, a guided virtual-walk along the route we take daily … Source: Walking In Circles – Artist Talk – Daniel & Clara
A Survey of Suburban Garage Blocks
Urban conservationist Kat Pearson has been using her lockdown walks "to explore the housing estates of Stirchley, Kings Heath, Bournville and Selly Park […] looking at how cars, and especially garage blocks, are integrated into these estates". The result are some fantastic photos and observations collected as Lockdown Lockups. As she says, many of these […]
AirPods Pro to add surround sound with iOS 14 update — Apple World Today
“What’s more, the software update will allow AirPods Pro to tell when you move your head, body, or Apple device and adjust the audio, accordingly” Source: AirPods Pro to add surround sound with iOS 14 update — Apple World Today
LTAW #45 Let’s go and vote for Change
What else to do to do with LTAW#45 but to go to the voting booth?Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 23rd at 1 pm (EST), Let’s Take a (Virtual, Twitter Guided) Walk #45 will take us to the voting booth. Walking separately but sharing a journey&...
Sound Walk September
Walks that use sound, either as an artificial accompaniment or through actively listening, are a broad and inspiring part of the walking practice. I first properly realised this on a sound walk run by SoundKitchen for Still Walking in 2013 where we walked around Edgbaston reservoir engaging in different forms of listening, from the amplified […]
