A great interactive map work
http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/waterways/
sound map of the London waterways
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
sound work from earthquake data
Following on from the London waterways sound map another intriguing sound work.
An interesting sounding exhibition in London
http://invisibledust.com/project/re·think-environment/
If you are venturing down to London any time soon The National Maritime Museum has an interesting looking exhibition on…….as far as I can see it is on until Spring 2015.
RE·THINK is an exciting opportunity at the National Maritime Museum, giving visitors the space to explore, discover and reflect on the themes of the Museum, and create responses within the gallery.
RE·THINK: Environment
Why do we worry about the weather? How has the weather affected an event in your life? Has the weather changed in your lifetime? RE·THINK will be asking visitors these questions and revealing the hidden environmental stories within the Museum’s collection.
In collaboration with Invisible Dust RE·THINK will showcase the work of Mariele Neudecker, a sound installation by Adam Chodzko and a documentary of the High Water line project by Eve Mosher.
A project that shares a similar set of interests….
Just came across “On Landscape” see link below. They seem to be investigating some of the themes and ideas we have been looking at during Art of Straying.
http://www.onlandscapeproject.co.uk/about/
There are some recordings on the events page that might be worth a listen.
Article about Woodhorn archives
For those of you who are thinking about joining the Woodhorn trip on the 29th Jan, here’s an article about some of the photographs in the archive:
Lindsay Duncanson’s images of the Teams and Staiths
Lindsay is Northern Architecture Associate Artist
She has taken some stunning photos in the Staiths area
https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanson/15799434119/in/set-72157649012670828/
Helen Shaddock’s post about the visit to Dunston Staiths
Helen has posted a very comprehensive blog post about our visit to Dunston Staiths last week on her personal blog site.
http://helenshaddock.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/visit-to-staiths.html
She also took some great photos that she was kind enough to share.
Here we are looking at the under side of the Staiths.
Look at Helen’s link above for more great images.
In Response to Bewick exhibition: Opening 29th January
In Response to Bewick Exhibition opens Thursday 29 January 2015
The exhibition takes place in the public art space of the Gateshead Civic Centre and will be showing until the end of March. Car parking is available at the Civic Centre, which can be found using the postcode NE8 1HH. If using public transport, the Civic Centre is around four minutes walk from Gateshead Interchange.
WALK, with support from Gateshead Council, The Bewick Society and the Natural History Society ofNorthumbria, using funding from a Sharing Heritage grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, has, since July 2014, been managing a project called To Bewick and Back: From Cherryburn into History. The project celebrates the work of Thomas Bewick and his influence as a natural historian, using public exhibitions of Bewick’s ‘wood engravings’, lectures, guided walks and by stimulating art, that has grown from an experience of Bewick’s landscape. The ‘In Response to Bewick Exhibition’ comprises new pieces by eight artists all of whom took part in the To Bewick & Back walks in August and September 2014.
WALK (Walking, Art, Landskip & Knowledge) www.walk.uk.net , University of Sunderland
Starting the event with a walking meditation
On Thursday 11th December 2014 participants from the Art of Straying / Teaching Fellowship project put on an event to share their experiences with the rest of the department.
Event documentation by Luke Robson.
At the beginning of the academic year The Art of Straying project kicked off with a series of Urban Rambles. Students signed up to a mystery tour of the city centre, designed to stimulate discussion and help to view the city through fresh eyes.
Each session started with a walking meditation. When we talked about how the pre Christmas event in the XL gallery should start the students were keen to repeat that experience of walking and thinking about walking together.
This can be quite an intense and emotional experience, it can also free up your mind and take you to a calm tranquil place…
Simon Court’s memories of the Quaker Meeting House
Simon was inspired by a walk we undertook earlier in the year which took us under Swann House roundabout in the centre of Newcastle. He was recalling how, as a child, he used to go to a Quaker Meeting House in that area. This prompted him to share these memories in a small stairwell in the department. The atmosphere in this space was chilly and damp, there was an air of abandonment in the space which added to the emotional impact of the poetry Simon read in the space.
Simon served us soup in the space, to add another layer to our shared experience.
An intense listening experience
Simon Court reading to the group.