Sound mosaics for a broken world

Oct 19 2024 54 ep. 60 mins 1
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Our world is breaking. Ecosystems are collapsing, our house is burning. But we can fix it like a mosaic, sticking it back together piece by piece. Here's a soundtrack for the recovery process, incorporating sound art, experimental music, audio essays and field recording.
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Sound fishing on the Avon

Oct 19 2024 60 mins  
Hydrophone recordings made on the rivers Nadder and Avon, near Salisbury, UK, in April 2024. This was a contribution to the Salisbury River Park Project, which is aiming to develop a network of public greenspace along the rivers and throughout the town. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Forest restoration

Sep 03 2024 60 mins  
A sound mosaic exploring the ecological restoration of forests throughout the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inside the Brain Forest Quipu

Aug 07 2024 60 mins  
A sound mosaic celebrating the work of the Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña. Her works have included painting, sculpture, poetry, performance art and creation of multi-media installations, often with an environmental focus. An example of the latter is 'Brain Forest Quipu', which was exhibited in the Tate Modern, London, in 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform

Snowmelt

Jul 15 2024 60 mins  
A musical elegy to the snowscapes that are disappearing owing to global heating. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The art of walking part 2

May 18 2024 59 mins  
Further explorations of walking as an artistic practice, by performing a variety of different walking scores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The art of walking part 1

Apr 17 2024 60 mins  
Can walking be considered as an artform? Yes! There is a growing international community of artists for whom walking is central to their artistic practice. This offers a very different, even subversive, perspective on what art might be. But how can walking be turned into art? Here we explore this question by attempting to perform walking scores and proposals produced by different w

Pathways of Matthew Shaw

Mar 31 2024 60 mins  
An interview with the artist, musician, author and environmental activist Matthew Shaw, exploring the different creative pathways he has followed. For more information about Matthew's work, check out the following links: https://www.matthewshaw.org/, and https://texlahoma.bandcamp.com/album/the-still-silence-at-the-centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information

Glow Badbury

Feb 02 2024 60 mins  
A mosaic of sounds recorded during performances of Glow Badbury, which was a multi-media art event held at Badbury Rings, Dorset, over two nights during September 2023. Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hillfort and a nature reserve, with an important remnant of chalk grassland, which is currently managed by the National Trust. Glow Badbury was conceived and implemented by the Dorset-ba

Let's go wild swimming

Jan 10 2024 59 mins  
Wild swimming has become increasingly popular in recent years, as a way of connecting deeply with the environment while getting some valuable exercise. But - what does it sound like? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Badbury Rings

Dec 01 2023 60 mins  
A sound mosaic composed of field recordings made at Badbury Rings, Dorset, UK, during the summer of 2023. Badbury Rings is a hillfort dating from the Iron Age, although the area is likely to have been a sacred site for much longer, perhaps for more than 4000 years. Today, the area is also a nature reserve, with an important remnant of chalk grassland that is associated with a rich