SWS20
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.
Walking It
This series features occasional walking dialogues and reflections that investigate how place and walking influence people's ways of knowing and being. Facilitated by Jerry O’Neill from Maynooth University's Department of Adult Education, the project explores walking as a method for education and research.
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.
The Ears May Travel
The Ears May Travel came into existence spontaneously during the covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020. During lockdown I simply felt the urge to travel – at least in imagination. But it is not only a vacation for the senses. It is a commentary in a time when countries around the globe are closing their borders.
A Meeting Place | 会议地点
This soundwalk uses oral histories and 360-degree binaural audio to explore the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art’s archive, highlighting migrant experiences and cultural memories in Manchester’s Chinatown. By triggering geolocated sounds and interview clips via GPS, listeners can immerse themselves in the area’s hidden histories through their smartphones and headphones.
SandBox
The locative performance "Sandbox … before the expiration" uses geolocation and sound recordings captured during the COVID-19 pandemic to guide participants along railway tracks through a degraded urban space, highlighting the interplay of silence, noise, and nature’s reclamation. This walk encourages critical reflection on environmental sensitivity, urban degradation, and potential future landscapes shaped by the coexistence of humans and nature.
Further Adventures in Deep Canine Topography: Attending to Rhythm and Reptition
This project presents a sonically enhanced walking experience that captures the urban soundscape of canine-human walks in Leicester, UK, recorded in January and March 2020 during Covid-19 lockdown. Using binaural microphones positioned near the dog, the recordings explore rhythms of human-canine movement and changes in neighborhood sonics, framed through Henri Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis.
I Don’t Remember Me The Rain
"I Don’t Remember Me The Rain" is a sound walk created during Sound Walk September 2020 in Sint-Niklaas, reconstructing a past journey through a blend of urban and natural sounds and personal memories. The piece serves as a tribute to a late artist friend and reflects on themes of memory, transience, and the observational role of walking in artistic practice.
A Different LENS
A Different LENS is an interactive locative media map created by Elspeth Penfold and the artist group Thread and Word, enabling users to explore literary and geographic sites in Margate via computer or smartphone. Developed with community collaborators and funded by Arts Council England and others, the project combines psychogeography, storytelling, and local culture using the CGeomap tool.
The Last Eccentrics of Greenwich Village
This post introduces a mobile audio tour of Greenwich Village, New York City, highlighting its role as the center of the 1960s countercultural movement. The tour covers key historical events such as the Arch Conspirators' secret meetings and the Stonewall riots, offering an immersive self-guided experience via the Gesso app.
Staycation: Paris in New York
This post presents a free audio tour highlighting six French landmarks in New York City, created in collaboration with The Cultural Services of the French Embassy. The tour, narrated by French Embassy officials, explores the historical and cultural connections between France and the United States and is accessible via the Gesso app with an interactive map.
Pastoral Paradise: Prospect Park Meditation
Pastoral Paradise is a 45-minute, 1.4-mile immersive mobile audio tour exploring Prospect Park’s natural landscapes and historic Beaux-Arts architecture. Created by Rebecca Chaisson, the free tour highlights the park’s significance during the pandemic and encourages support for the Prospect Park Alliance.
