Efford Sound Map

The results of our walks and conversations in Efford with the Crazy Glue arts group can be found mapped on the wonderful Radio Aporee. Many thanks to all the participants for making this project so fascinating and enjoyable. And thanks to Udo at Radio Aporee for support. I'm now looking forward to continuing this work in the new year with High View School.

Mapping Efford

As part of the Ambulation exhibition I'll be working at Efford with families from the Crazy Glue group to create an audio guide to the local area based on walks/conversations we share. This is part of the two year Efford Take a Part arts programme.

Sound and Music Summer School

Good couple of days with young composers at the Purcell Music School in Hertfordshire running soundwalks as part of the Sound and Music Summer School. There's a video of the summer school here.

Ambulation, August to October 2010

Our group exhibition at Plymouth Arts was launched yesterday. Write up in the Guardian here.

Sound and Music Summer School, August 2010

Over the next couple of days I will be working with students at the Sound and Music summer school at Purcell School in Hertfordshire. We'll be thinking about sound and soundscapes and doing soundwalks. Details here.

Ambulation

Simon Persighetti and myself will be taking part in a new exhibition at Plymouth Arts Centre between August and October this year.

Ambulation brings together specially commissioned and past works by artists and architects who use walking as an artistic practice. These artists all use the idea to explore walking as a practice, from looking at the historical contexts of the city, to the symbolic potentials that are held within an everyday object, and the idea that walking should be an aimless affair.

More details here

Other Voices

On 23/24 May 2010 I will be running a course on bird voice for Devon based environmental education company WildWise.

"Like ourselves, birds are very vocal creatures. In spring their songs and calls are everywhere, enlivening our woods, hedges and fields. But what are they doing? Why are they singing? And who is singing? These are just some of the questions we will be answering on this overnight camp. We'll also take time to experience both the dawn chorus, one of the great natural wonders, and to learn how to identify a range of birds from their songs and calls. And everyone will have the opportunity to take time out to listen quietly to the sounds of the natural world, a simple yet often surprisingly powerful experience. "

Details here

Walk the Walls

Big thanks to everyone who took part in the walk last night/this morning. To see what happened visit the live photo blog of the walk here.

We started of with ten people, with two others joining later. Numbers fell off understandably as the night progressed but we had two hardy walkers, Mark and Ashley, who stayed for the whole walk, all twelve hours! The wallk was at times playful, at times quiet, at times challenging, but engaging and in its own way, I suggest immersive. Obviously everyone will take away their own impressions and experiences. Both Simon and myself would love to hear these impressions and experiences. We’d also love to be able to add some of your images to the website .. To get in contact , mail Tony at tony dot whitehead2332 at gmail dot com Thanks again for coming along and making it special.