Walking Pieces
A comprehensive catalogue of walking pieces.
Rooms
Rooms soundwalk with sound objects installation (2024) Artist: Daria Baiocchi Sound objects construction and manufacturing: Daria Baiocchi Sound objects with audio files (n.6): max one minute in loop Audio files: Daria Baiocchi Year: 2024 City: Ascoli Piceno-Italy Technical riders: 6 stands Performers in audio files: -M°Tiago Coimbra: principal oboe in Gottingen Symphony Orchestra; -M°Henry Domenico Durante: pricipal violin in G.Rossini Symbphonic Orchestra; -M°Francesco Maria Ferrario: composer and director; Audio file recordings: 1. natural birds sounds; 2. street performers in Chicago 3. Milan tube 4. Milan train station 5. London train Soundwalk duration: 1 hour Soundwalk leitmotiv: water through fountains Soundwalk objects installation concept: find your audio moment in your present life. The main area of each sound object is refferred to nature moment, methaphisic moment, ascetic moment, abstract moment, medidative moment, journey moment. End of the tour: pick your sound card moment Development possibilities: people are invited in the future to follow another soundwalk tour with a different general sound leitmotive. They will listen to the same sound objects installation and they will understand if their “personal sound moment” has changed. The audience will pick (maybe) another sound card and will remember their “old” sound moment. The main purpose of it is to fix the present and to learn its development.
Bridging History
The Bridging History series tells the tale of the colonisation and settlement of Dubbo, on Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW Australia, through built infrastructure that changed the Wambuul Macquarie River forever. The bridges cross water and land with a much older story to tell. Today, you can cross all three bridge sites by walking, running or cycling the Tracker Riley Cycleway that loops around the river.
A City Full of Stories
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Royal Academy of Music's Open Academy department, The Connection at St Martin's
A City Full of Stories is a digital SoundWalk created by those experiencing homelessness in London and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. It lasts 25 minutes, blending words and music to imagine the stories of the streets and buildings.
In Search of Lost Venues
In Search of Lost Venues captures the vibrant confluence of community and space over the history of Vancouver music by walking to lost venues with musicians who played there.
The Graveyard Digression
What can a cemetery teach us? The Graveyard Digression asks this question, and many more, in an aprox. 30 min. sound journey passing through St. Pauli Southern Cemetery, Malmö. A sonic essay consisting of field recordings, music, poems and anecdotes.
The Jewish Hungarian Experience of The Holocaust – A Radio Walk with John Hajdu
A Radio Walk at the Imperial War Museum, London.
All-American Ruins: In Which I Let You Go at the Ruins of the Universal Atlas Cement Plant
All-American Ruins guides listeners through immersive audio fantasies, recreating my experiences exploring abandoned spaces. I ask critical questions about society and culture while encouraging folks to activate their imaginations for healing.
All-American Ruins: Mrs. Dalby & the Gravekeeper of Hatteras Island
All-American Ruins guides listeners through immersive audio fantasies, recreating my experiences exploring abandoned spaces. Along the way, I ask questions about society and culture while encouraging folks to activate their imaginations for healing.
Camallera Sound Walk
A sound walk around the boundary of Camallera, Cataluna, with something to listen to at each of the 12 stages
Only Glaciers Know
Discussing the complicated interconnections between human beings and the landscape of Iceland, the piece is designed to be experienced while walking along the Iceland coastline. It is a sonic documentary and poetic fiction of the enchanting island.
