We meet the winners and honourable mentions of the SWS22 Awards. They discuss their work and process, and tell us what inspired them.
Last year’s winner, Laura Mitchison, took home the prize for a second time, also having come away as a winner of the SWS20 Awards.
Our Grand Jury member John Drever identified Laura’s work as a “highly evocative” soundwalk; “Are you a Ghost Hunter? affords the perfect excuse to visit the fascinating Old Church in Stoke Newington, East London.”
Tony Onuchukwu received one of the honourable mentions for his soundscape with a focus on Birling Gap.
In the soundwalk Birling Gap, Isabella Bonner-Evans and Tony Onuchukwu translate the majestic atmosphere of Birling Gap into a soundwalk, replete with a melodic soundtrack accompanying Bonner-Evans’ tranquil narration.
Another honourable mention went to Eleanor Rycroft‘s Night Walk, which follows a group of 17 women walking through Clifton Downs, in Bristol, at midnight in July 2022.
A significant area for histories of gender, sexuality and race in the city, the listener is let into this unique political act of reclaiming space through a raw and honest walk addressing critical current issues about the safety of women in a location historically associated with sex-work.
Then, Jo Scott‘s Wanders in the (wild) smart city received last year’s third honourable mention.
In it, Jo has produced a thought-provoking and beautiful soundwalk, bringing to our attention the unnoticed and overlooked, exploring the unseen digital networks monitoring and assessing our behaviour, without us being aware of this.
Join us, for a discussion on the work by these fantastic creators, followed by an open discussion on where they draw their inspiration from, and, perhaps, what’s next.
Hosts
|
Video registration Only available to registered users. |
Related
Night Walk: Walking Clifton Downs and Ladies Mile at midnight
Night-Walk is an output of the Walking and Re-Creation project. Our project responds to our belief that social and health inequalities are linked. and uses a historical lens on walking to address unequal access to pedestrianism in our own moment.
Last Listener at the Mid Atlantic Frost Fair
Last Listener at the Mid Atlantic Frost Fair is a soundscape of a poem by Michael S Roberts, an English poet and polymath. It chronicles a mythical, dreamlike and almost hyperstitional journey of the poet and protagonist through a frozen world.
Walking with Toddlers
‘Walking with Toddlers’ is a comic audio play about the joys and frustrations of going for a walk with a young child, co-written and co-produced by Angie Belcher (writer, director, comedian, and facilitator) and Eleanor Rycroft (Senior Lecturer in Theatre and gender historian). It uses the juxtaposition of an idealised walk imagined via ‘Minarra’s Mindful Mummies Podcast’ and the reality of walking with a toddler, to consider how care-giving can create both obstructions and opportunities when trying to get from A to B.
Walking in the Plantationocene: exploring the impact of colonial legacies on plant-human relations
This sound walk explores plant-human relations through encounters with planty beings on a route of your choice. It reveals the impact of colonial legacies on our relations with plants and proposes new forms of collaboration between plants and people.
One thought on “SWS Winners’ circle”