Listening Walks: November 2011 – sign up!
The next Bedford Listening Walks with Kathy Hinde and Bedford Artist, Aaron Head, are now available for bookings. Record the sounds you hear, some familiar, some unusual, on our simple to use digital mini-recorders. No experience is necessary. Your sounds will be uploaded to the Echo Location soundmap and also form part of other Echo Location artworks. […]
First Listening Walks
This weekend, we had our first Echo Location listening and sound recording walks to add to the ever growing and rich soundmap of Bedford. It was great fun, and I was impressed with how many interesting sounds were recorded. We did end up running out of time, so not all the sounds have been uploaded […]
Echo Location Listening Walks
The first Echo Location listening walks take place this coming weekend – fully launching the quest to create a unique sound-map of Bedford. here are the details – TAKE PART…. book your place by calling Bedford Creative Arts on 01234 818670
World Listening Day!
This is an ideal opportunity to draw your attention to WORLD LISTENING DAY – which is tomorrow – July 18th. The World Listening Project invites anyone to submit a LISTENING event for the week starting on July 18th 2011 …which amazingly coincides with the very first Echo Location listening walk in Bedford…. we have submitted […]
John Cage Quote
“Wherever we are, what we hear mostly is noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. The sound of a truck at fifty miles an hour. Static between the stations. Rain. …. we can compose and perform a quartet for explosive motor, wind, heartbeat and landslide.” […]
Echo Location Sound Map Launches
Friday 10th June was the first test run of the Echo Location Sound Map. I was invited to the meeting of the board of directors of Bedford Creative Arts (BCA), to involve them in the process of how Echo location develops. (BCA commissioned Echo Location). I introduced the project by describing how the idea had […]
Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts
Corby edition produced by Fermynwoods Contemporary Art