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Seeking Tranquility

COVID lockdown created an ‘unreal’ calm across global cities – intrusive aircraft noise was silenced, the hum of road traffic and screech of rail diminished. Humans began to appreciate the sounds of nature that surrounds them. A calm sought by many living in towns and cities was created by a global crisis. As lockdown eases, and life returns to ‘normal’ how can we seek the tranquility that we all shared?

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Seeking tranquillity

Ximena Alarcon in discussion with landscape architect, Usue Riaz Aruna, musician and digital media artist, Ron Herrema and Richard Bentley of consultancy Small Silence.

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A Covid Lockdown response work/walk

A call for people to send me their walks. I am asking people to send me audio of descriptions of their walk while they are in Lockdown. I will then transcribe and share text versions on social media and add to a library of walks.

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Aberdeenshire Covid memorial

Plans to create a Covid memorial in Aberdeenshire will soon take shape – following a walk of more than 120 miles. Live Life Aberdeenshire has announced Source: Aberdeenshire Covid memorial

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Ascent: A Boulder Soundwalk

Inspired by composer Divya Maus' relationship to the Rocky Mountains as first an immigrant from Germany, a local, and then a returning visitor, ASCENT is a classical music experience installed in Boulder Colorado's Scott Carpenter Park that radically increases the accessibility of traditional choral concerts.

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Foot tunnel from Greenwich to Island Gardens at school coming out time

COVID has stopped the use of the lifts at either end of the foot tunnel, so one has to descend and ascend several stairs.

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To walk or tramp, as in “I’m going to vamp on home soon.” from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (University of Toronto Press, 1982).

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