Walking Pieces: Listening

Singing with Bridges Soundwalk (2019)

Walking piece - Marg Laing

Bromley By Bow, London, UK
Multiple locations

This is a self directed experience to participate in a sound project celebrating life midst the chaos. The location, Bromley-by-Bow in London, is an intersection of pathways – industrial, urban, and natural. In just this short walk there is a rich soundscape, culminating in intensity under the bridge . DIRECTIONS https://margland-projects.tumblr.com/post/186931549795/directions-map INSTRUCTIONS Before you start […]


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Sometimes We Wake (2019)

Walking piece - Richard Davis

Belfast, UK
20'

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 […]


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Sons do Porto (2017)

Walking piece - Claudia Holanda

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Multiple locations

Since 2010, the port area of Rio de Janeiro has undergone accelerated structural and architectural changes that also transformed the use of public spaces. The Port Sounds (Sons do Porto) project was born in order to accompany these changes, focusing on the sound aspect. The sound is an important variant of the urban experience that […]


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Sounding La Rosa (2017)

Walking piece - Arts Whau

Green Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
19'

Four audio mixes by Denoize Green of Sounding La Rosa, an afternoon of experimental improvised music around the paths of La Rosa Gardens by Auckland musicians: ~ Tom Cadillac, ~ Paul Smith, ~ John Bell and Steve Cournane, ~ John Radford, ~ The Creative Souls Project, ~ and Jazmine Rose Phillips Saori Ikeda & Denoize […]


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Sounding the Body / Sounding the City (2019)

Walking piece - Marion Tu / Nathania Hartley

Multiple locations
60'

What happens when our sense of connection weakens? Connection to our surroundings, and also to ourselves. Join artists Marion Tu (US) and Nathania Hartley (UK) for a synchronised walk in Boston and London. During this walk we will realign with the sounds and vibrations of the city, listening and re-orienting ourselves through the rhythmic movement […]


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Soundmarks (2019)

Walking piece - Rose Ferraby and Rob St John

Aldborough, York, UK
Multiple locations

Soundmarks is a collaboration between Rob St John and Rose Ferraby, who are using sound and visual art to explore and animate the sub-surface landscape at Aldborough Roman Town, North Yorkshire. An art trail is being created at the site. At eight sites along its route, sonic and visual bore holes will excavate materials and […]


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Sounds from the Rim of Africa (2012)

Walking piece - Rim of Africa Trail, South Africa

Clanwilliam, South Africa
Multiple locations
12'

The Rim of Africa is a long-distance walking project that takes place in the Cape Fold Mountains, a region of critical biodiversity outside of Cape Town, South Africa. In 2012, as part of a National Geographic Young Explorer’s Grant, Jay Simpson completed the first-ever trek of the entire mountain passage, spending 50 days in the […]


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Soundwalk from Home (1997)

Walking piece - Hildegard Westerkamp

Soundwalk from Home Listen. Words on this printed page are sound. Listen. The quiet voice on this printed page. is sound. Listen. Life in this neighbourhood is sound. Listen. Put aside one hour and go for a walk in your neighbourhood. Do nothing but listen. If you are walking with someone or several people, make […]


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Soundwalk Sunday Soundwalk: Playing the Burrard Bridge with Sound (2019)

Walking piece - Vancouver New Music

999 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
90'

Explore resident made walking trails in the False Creek area of Vancouver, Canada, in the company of sound artists. (Green Streets Community Garden, located under the Burrard Bridge) Hosted by Matthew Ariaratnam, Elizabeth Ellis, Julie Hammond, Helena Krobath, Brady Marks, and Pietro Sammarco Hosted by artists from the Vancouver Soundwalk Collective and the Soundscape Show […]


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Soundwalk Whitehorse (2017)

Walking piece - Chelsea Jeffery

Yukon 1, Whitehorse, YT Y0B, Canada
60'

Join us for a soundwalk along the banks of the Yukon River, from Robert Service campground to Chambers House in Shipyards Park. Along the way, we will listen to the sounds around us — the movement of the river, birdsong, the rustling of leaves and flowers, the rush of traffic, the sounds of our footsteps. […]


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