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Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019: Place Listening
Place Listening investigates how playful urban listening can reshape connections between people and their environments through workshops and an audio walk in Oslo’s ROM area. The project documents these sessions in a gallery installation featuring site-specific sound recordings that invite participants to explore contemporary urban experiences.
walkroulette
Walkroulette is an interactive game where a ‘drifter’ physically navigates from point A to B within a time limit, guided by votes from an online group at each turn. Players can influence the drifter’s route and tasks, while power-ups offer location information or extend the time allowed, blending virtual collaboration with real-world movement.
Since I Suppose
Since I Suppose is an immersive, site-specific experience that integrates scenes from Shakespeare’s *Measure for Measure* with live interactions and multimedia elements across urban institutions. It guides audiences through city spaces associated with power, religion, and leisure, exploring themes of power, identity, and desire while blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction.
Play Cambridge Now or Never
The app Play Cambridge Now or Never!, created by Idit Nathan and Helen Stratford, launched on 27th May during Cambridge Junction’s Watch Out Festival, featuring 50 prompts around the city. It encourages users to explore Cambridge as a playground, offering new perspectives for both locals and visitors.
Walking pieces
Full of Noises: a village sound walk
Full of Noises is a self-guided soundwalk in the Village of East Hampton, created by sound artist Viv Corringham, that invites participants to explore local cultural sites through attentive listening. The walk, accessible via the Gesso app, begins at Guild Hall and continues through The Duck Pond and Clinton Academy, offering prompts to engage with the sounds and histories of each location.
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Engeki Quest Macau: a gamebook to explore the city
1. I’m sitting in a busy tea restaurant in Macau, figuring out the menu and talking with theatre producer Erik Kuong. It’s the first time we’ve met since Covid so there’s a lot of catching up to do. Some old men sitting opposite us flick through newspa...
Tactics of Disruption and Distraction
Tactics of Disruption and Distraction in Creative Education Abstract For this talk Jason Hirons and Sally Hall will discuss how their inclusive practice engages and challenges students to reimagine the context of their learning. They consider how the tactics of ambulation, distraction and play change the teacher-learner role and shape the dialogue between educators, students […]
Upcoming Public Appearances in Bristol
In the next few weeks, I’m sharing creative and academic work as part of three different Friday events in Bristol. Pervasive Media Studio Lunchtime Talk, Friday 28th April, 1pmEvery Friday, the Pervasive Media Studio offers free, informal lunchtime ta...
