Walking Pieces: Listening

PAS – Parcours Audio Sensible des Hauteurs – Soundwalk of heights (2019)

Walking piece - Desartsonnants

Lyon, France
Multiple locations

Une marche d’écoute qui nous emmènera de Saint Paul à la place Valmy 9e, en passant par Fourvière et la Loyasse. des points d’ouïe et des Points de vue sur Lyon et alentours. Attention, des passages pentus et escaliers en début et fin de parcours. Dans le cadre de la Sound Walk Day 2019 A […]


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Passing – Going – Coming (2019)

Walking piece - Geert Vermeire

Masp - Av. Paulista - Bela Vista, São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil

A hybrid sound walk for senses and mobile devices, between the Museum of Modern Art of Sao Paulo and Praça 14Bis, allowing simultaneous movement through different layers of time, by creating three interconnected maps on mobile devices allowing -on the move- to explore a derive, not only in space but also in time, in the […]


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Pentrich Rising (2017)

Walking piece - Andrew Brown

South Wingfield, Alfreton, UK
Multiple locations
120'

To mark the bicentenary of the ill-fated Pentrich revolt sound artist Andrew Brown composed three soundwalks, each a creative response to the events of June 1817. Fellow artists collaborating on the project include Leigh Toro, Agnes Williams, Benedik Williams, Alasdair Thurston-Ambrose and Harry Freestone.


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Poetry in Motion: The Emma Sheppard Walk (2019)

Walking piece - LISTEN, A Season of Sound Art, Black Swan Arts

Frome, Somerset, UK
Multiple locations
240'

A literary guided walk by Frome collective Poetry in Motion to honour Emma Sheppard, a Victorian social reformer. Commissioned by LISTEN, A Season of Sound Art, hosted by Black Swan Arts and curated by Helen Ottaway. Saturday 31 August, 2019 10.00am Start: Fromefield House, Bath Rd, Frome, BA11 2HF, UK  Free event but Booking essential – visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/listen-emma-sheppard-sound-walk-tickets-64616487654 The walk […]


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Pools of Poetry (2018)

Walking piece - New Mexico Humanities Council

National Hispanic Cultural Center, 4th Street Southwest, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Multiple locations

Walk the campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and listen to poetry by New Mexican writers about local land, water, and culture.


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Re-sounding Yardley (2018)

Walking piece - SOUNDkitchen

Multiple locations
25'

Walk around the St Edburgha’s churchyard and let the sounds transport you through the four wards of Yardley: Stetchford; Sheldon; Acocks Green and South Yardley. Developed as part of the for-Wards project. Experience through the SOUNDwalker app available on the App Store and Google Play


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Reflets d’écoutes (2018)

Walking piece - Des Ricochets sur les Pavés

Massy-Verrières, Massy, France
Multiple locations
55'

«Reflets d’Écoutes» est une marche sonore contextuelle commanditée par « Des Ricochets sur les Pavés » (opérateur culturel en Val de Bièvre) au sein de leur saison culturelle Bièvre*ImaginaireS. Fondée par des acteurs du territoire de la vallée de Bièvre mus par l’envie d’explorer et valoriser ses paysages, Bièvre*ImaginaireS propose des projets sensibles et contextuels. […]


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Regeneration (2018)

Walking piece - SOUNDkitchen

Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham B9 4AR, UK
Multiple locations
30'

This walk explores some of the arts spaces around Digbeth reflecting on the changes that the area has seen over the years and will continue to see through continued regeneration and arrival of HS2. You will hear sounds recorded inside arts spaces, conversations with artists and recordings related to significant landmarks such as the train […]


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Riverfront Park Soundwalk (2014)

Walking piece - Andrea Williams

Troy, New York, USA
20'

Riverfront Park Soundwalk is a site-specific, 20-minute artist audio walking tour of Troy, New York‘s waterways. It is a past, present, and future overview based on sound artist Andrea Williams’ historical and environmental research and interviews from 2014-2015 with Troy residents and water experts. Musical elements, soundscapes and the actual environment intermingle in this soundwalk […]


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Sculpture trail in the gardens of Waddesdon Manor (2017)

Walking piece - Waddesdon Manor: Rothschild House and Gardens

Waddesdon, Aylesbury, UK
Multiple locations
60'

The gardens at Waddesdon are populated with sculptures. Mainly of marble, they animate the garden and layer it with poetic, mythological and allegorical narratives. Humans and animals, terms and vases mark pathways, create focal points and provide structures of relative permanence in the ever-changing landscape. In a garden, sculptures change too, with the growth Conservators […]


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