27 August to 1 September 2017 “Sometimes we walk on the ground, sometimes on sidewalks or asphalt, or other surfaces. Can we find ground to walk on and can we listen for the sound or sounds of ground? Are we losing ground? Can we find new ground by listening for it?”—Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) Listening to the […]
Walks happen by appointment in pairs and both people must be Mott Haven residents. Each walk is guided by a participant in this project. Together, the guide and the other walker listen on headphones to an edited selection of oral histories as they walk through Mott Haven. They hear stories from the 1930s to the […]
*Free maps and VR headsets are available from the Barbican Centre shop* Musicity x Culture Mile has commissioned 10 tracks from a diverse selection of artists as well as 3 VR video-art pieces which highlight the sonic landscape across Culture Mile. Musicity works collaboratively across the disciplines of architecture, music, acoustic engineering and virtual reality […]
*free leaflets with maps are available from Better Bankside, Team London Bridge and Blue Bermondsey offices* Musicity x Low Line has commissioned 15 tracks from a diverse selection of artists which highlight the sonic landscape along the mighty Victorian railway viaduct, spanning Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey. Musicity works collaboratively across the disciplines of architecture, […]
Musicity x Sculpture in the City has commissioned 11 tracks from a diverse selection of artists which highlight the sonic landscape across the City of London, from Aldgate to Shoreditch and from Leadenhall Market to St. Botolph’s-without-Bishopsgate. Musicity works collaboratively across the disciplines of architecture, music, acoustic engineering and virtual reality (VR) to lay out […]
‘The path to the future passes through the past.’ In 1838 at Myall Creek, shed blood went into the ground and cried out for justice. Just this once, justice was done. Just this once there was a linking of hearts, from the Governor of the day to the convict who refused to participate: a shaft […]
Drawing together history and heritage, local stories and great original music, the Nambour Heritage Soundtrail is a contemporary take on an older Australian town that once saw it at the heart of sweeping cane farms for miles around. From the sugar mill, beauty quests and old Vogue cinema, to the infamy of Bayards Corner and […]
NetPark is a series of locative projects curated by Simon Poulter and developed by Metal with assistance from the Digital R&D Fund. Artist projects and children’s stories can be downloaded for iOS, Android and web/mp3. Many of these use GPS and free wi-fi is provided in the park for visitors and you can contact Metal […]
This 2016 walk was composed by Andrew Brown in collaboration with Lise Olsen, Demi Hill and Emily Stollery, as part of the Spaces of Uncertainty Summer Academy that took place at the Württembergische Kunstverein in Stuttgart. It was inspired by the activism around the Stuttgart21 project, which turned the city into a vast construction site. […]
What if the focus of urban living was not productivity but play? Place Listening explores how playful urban listening can expand the relationships between people and the places they inhabit. We live in a time where efficiency is favoured over play: roads are for circulation not interaction; places are designed around consumption not co-existence; we […]
