I have found the same problems in using kit when both recording for myself and running soundwalks with the public. That while mics can help you focus your ears to secific details and allow the public to hear in a new way the sounds around them. The process of people using the technology allows them to focus carefully on the sounds around them in a different way.
I am planing an event in Weymouth for World Listening Day. I’m going to be talking to the general people and getting them to help me identify and explore the sonic landmarks of this UK seaside town. I’ll ask questions like; - What sounds are important to them? - And what are the earliest sonic [...]
I’m interested in photographing the everyday world around us. In my photos I try to depict the world we live in, not the pretty scenes we have to hunt out, but the world we have made in all its flaws. I don’t want to romanticise the world I want to show it as it is. Interested in the world we choose to make, we have a ltd range of money – what do we choose to maintain; what do we build and how does it look? How do these constructions blend into the environment; what other choices could we make, but have gone for this look.
What has been interesting by my conversations around how the arts benefits public health. A couple of areas. One is that most art projects tend to be short term (max 1-2yrs) and communities are getting fed up with artists coming in, getting to know them, doing project and then buggering off – no long term [...]
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