River Rea
Highlights
Stirchley Soundwalk
Sound artist Nikki Sheth has created a 60-minute soundwalk in Stirchley for the Ten Acres of Sound Festival, featuring field recordings of natural and man-made sounds at specific listening points mapped throughout the area. The walk, accessible via the free SOUNDwalker app, guides users with GPS-triggered audio that evolves from environmental sounds to abstract compositions, offering an immersive, site-specific listening experience.
Regeneration
This walk examines arts spaces in Digbeth, highlighting the area's historical changes and future regeneration linked to HS2. It features recorded sounds from arts venues, artist conversations, and landmarks like the train viaduct and River Rea, accessible via the SOUNDwalker app.
Articles elsewhere
New Film: A Suburban Exploration
I made a film looking back at my experience of walking during the pandemic. From the isolated strolls of lockdown, through the gradual stages of easing, and on to the tentative re-emergence of collective walking; this is my suburban exploration. Originally made for the 4th World Congress of Psychogeography for which I only managed to […]
A Figure Walks – the Rea in October
A Figure Walks is the title of Megan Henebury's walking art-practice. During October, Megan will be walking the course of the River Rea from its source at Waseley Hills though the city of Birmingham to its confluence with the Tame under the M6 motorway. Rather than strictly following the disjointed walkways and roads of the […]
