musical
Highlights
Tidelines
Tidelines is a soundwalk mapped along East Beach, Berneray. Created in collaboration with community groups across Uist, the work combines poems, field recordings, music, and soundscapes into an immersive experience shaped by the island’s people and coastal landscape.
Sonic Sedimentation
Tanner Springs Park, located northwest of downtown Portland, reflects the area’s wetland history amid urban surroundings. This 40-minute Soundwalk, led by composer Yuan-Chen Li, uses guided listening and musical elements to explore themes of sedimentation and the interplay between natural sounds and urban noise.
A walk with Kazantzakis
A performative soundwalk in Athens featured actors interpreting Kazantzakis' *Report to Greco*, carrying traces of sand through the historic city while walkers used Bluetooth speakers triggered by specific locations. Directed by Geert Vermeire and Sissy Papathanassiou, the experience combined live performance with soundscapes by Stefaan van Biesen to evoke the world and time of El Greco.
Eavesdrop
Eavesdrop is a sonic nature trail in Otley running from 26th June to 3rd October 2021, featuring over 200 hours of field recordings from the town and nearby nature reserves. Five locations host wildlife-inspired sound pieces accessed via QR codes, with binaural recordings providing an immersive 3D audio experience enhanced by virtual instruments created from sampled field sounds.
LOTTERY
LOTTERY is a geolocated sound walk in Rochedale, a suburban area south of Meanjin/Brisbane, featuring recorded voices imagining life after winning 5-10 million dollars. The 20-minute walk includes changing musical cues and voices that shift as participants move through different streets, forming part of the 2020 res[on]ance [off] exhibition.
Holon – Become Sound
Holon generates adaptive synth music based on users' body movements and environmental data from phone sensors and optional wearables like Apple Watch or AirPods Pro. It maps real-world signals such as speed, heart rate, time, and weather to musical parameters, with advanced editing options and compatibility with Ableton Live and other music software via Ableton Link.
Walking pieces
Garfield Park SoundWalk
The Garfield Park SoundWalk features 22 geo-located soundscapes created by 7th-12th grade students from Christel House Academy South in Indianapolis’ oldest city park. This free, self-guided sound art experience is accessible through the Echoes application.
