VIV CORRINGHAM (voice, electronics, field recordings) is a US based British vocalist and sound artist, who has been described as “a vital force in improvised music since the late 1970s” (Corey Mwamba, BBC Radio 3) and “a vocalist of stunning virtuosity” (Louise Gray, The Wire). She makes concerts, soundwalks, workshops and installations. Her practice explores relations between voice, place and walking, responding with sung improvisations to both natural and urban soundscapes. Corringham has received international recognition and awards including two McKnight Composer Fellowships through the American Composers Forum. She is a certified facilitator of Deep Listening, having played and studied with composer Pauline Oliveros. In 2024 this practice took her to Mexico, Spain, Germany and the Listening Academy in Hong Kong. Notable live performances have occurred in festivals at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Fonoteca Nacional de Mexico, Issue Project Room New York and Tempo Reale Florence. Her recent album “Soundwalkscapes” (Vol. 1: January to June) on Flaming Pines label (Bandcamp’s Best Field Recordings 2024) has been well received. The Wire wrote that “Corringham voices the depth of place.” Her definitive contribution to sound art practice is the 20 year ongoing “Shadow-walks”, which create layers of time and space, combining recordings from shared and solo walks along the same path with her improvised sung response. They have occurred in 18 countries, are taught in many sound art classes and have been the focus of articles in books and publications.

Henna Wang writes about walking art, cultural geography, and related interdisciplinary subjects. Her articles explore the interactions between movement, space, and cultural narratives, often examining how walking serves as both a practice and a methodology to understand place and identity. The profile includes essays and reflections that blend personal experience with scholarly insights, contributing to conversations on how embodied journeys shape perceptions of landscapes and cultural histories. Henna Wang’s writings engage with themes such as the socio-political dimensions of urban and rural environments, the role of memory in traversing space, and the embodiment of geography through walking. Her content illustrates a commitment to exploring the spatial and cultural significances of walking beyond mere transit, positioning it as an artistic and geographic practice that reveals layered relationships between people and their environments.