SWS19
Anytown audio tour
Find out about the unusual goings on in the average Anytown. Has the queen been on a visit there recently? Is the man with the black dog looking suspicious? Can that flower talk? A fictional fantasy audio walking tour of your town… any town… any city… All you need to complete this audiowalk is a
London Street Noises
This is the 2019 submission. Check out the 2020 submission here. A piece by Mattia Cobianchi, John L Drever, Aysegul Yildirim. In September of 1928 five locations across central London were recorded by a team from Columbia Records led by Commander Daniel and supported by the Daily Mail. The project was prompted by a pressing
Machines wake up at 10 a.m. in Ile d’Orléans
The piece is an extract of a recording from a walk done over two days around Iles d’Orléans, Quebec province in Canada on July 26-27, 2019. Here is the first day, near the Island entrance. My walk begins at 7:30 in the morning and I witnessed the awakening of mechanical life, engines in this small
Sometimes We Wake
Sometimes We Wake is a self-guided sound walk set in The Palm House, Botanic Gardens in Belfast. It reflects on a music performance that took place there in 2009 which Richard Davis was involved in. The walk will guide you around the Palm House, remembering the experiences of what it was like to perform in the
A/drift
A/Drift is a walk in a virtual world. It starts and ends at the entrance hall of the Museum of London Docklands on West India Quay and puts the listener/walker in the role of a visitor to 2019 London Docklands from a future in which the world’s coastal cities have been submerged beneath the sea.
Way Down to Pomona
An immersive re-imagining of Pomona Island’s history through field recordings, composed electroacoustic music, oral histories and archival material (with thanks to Greater Manchester County Record Office) that are unveiled as the site is explored by the listener based on their GPS data on the geo-located audio application Echoes. Suspended between the Bridgewater Canal and the
Hush City Soundwalks
The Global Program of Hush City Soundwalks takes place in September 2019 in multiple cities worldwide to celebrate the Sound Walk Sunday 2019. Starting on September 1st 2019 and continuing during the month, 19 Hush City Soundwalks will be guided by different soundwalk leaders in multiple locations worldwide, using the Hush City app. The Global
The Tranquil Line
The Tranquil Line – I D Thompson, 2019 The Tranquil Line was initially presented as an installation in the South West Chamber library at Eastbury Manor, Barking in March 2019 as part of the Open Construction exhibition curated by Patrick Morrisey and Hanz Hancock. The Tranquil Line is a suite of binaural soundscape recordings made
Virtual Busking
In August 2018, visitors to the monthly Makers Street Art Walk enjoyed musicians and other street performers, or buskers. One of many stops along Main Street allowed visitors to try their hand at virtual instruments. Among them were electronic drums, guitars, marimba and clarinets. “Virtual Busking” maps these sounds over four blocks of Main Street,
Creative Writing Walkshop
Designed to help you exercise your creativity, the creative writing walkshop is a workshop you listen to outside, on the move. There is no prescribed route, you need only be prepared for the weather and have something to write with and on. You will be given a series of timed exercises to prompt thought and
Frome Walking Memories
There are several ‘clouds’ seeded with the sounds and oral histories of Old Frome hovering over locations scattered in and around the centre of Frome, Somerset as part of the LISTEN Summer of Sound Art. To access these ‘soundclouds’ or ‘soundpools’ you need to download the SatsymphQR app to your smartphone (Android & iPhone), go