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SOUNDkitchen are interested in encouraging people to engage with their sound environment. We have been devising and leading SOUNDwalks that provide unique opportunities for participants to actively listen to the sounds around them.
Guided by the SOUNDkitchen collective, these walks typically involve simple ‘ear cleaning’ exercises designed to draw attention to different sonic features particular to the location. We are also interested in extending the walker’s listening abilities, augmenting the natural hearing range through the use of audio technology. This may include listening to recorded audio tracks that present recordings from locations at different times of day, night or year. We might transport listeners to visible landmarks such as inside a church or onto the roof of a distant building. We also use carefully placed microphones to enable walkers to hear hidden sounds from locations that are usually inaccessible such as under water, high in the branches of trees or inside objects.

SOUNDwalker

Experience a SOUNDkitchen SOUNDwalk whenever you choose with our smartphone app offering GPS triggered locative soundwalks. Explore our featured walks below and download SOUNDwalker from the App Store or Google Play to see if there are any walks near you. SOUNDktichen create bespoke soundwalks for events and festivals. Contact us for more information.

SOUNDwalk: Ponta Delgada, São Miguel

(60 min environmental listening, live microphones, recorded audio) Programmed at Invisible Places 2017 SOUNDkitchen presented this SOUNDwalk at Invisible Places 2017, an international symposium on sound, urbanism and sense of place. The walk took place on São Miguel island in the Azores in the large town of Ponta Delgada. The soundwalk led delegates on a … Read More

SOUNDwalk: Grand Central, Birmingham

(75 min environmental listening, recorded audio) Commissioned by Still Walking 2015As part of the Birmingham Weekender (Sept 2015) and in collaboration with Still Walking SOUNDkitchen led a SOUNDwalk around central Birmingham that invited participants to actively listen to a busy metropolitan sonic environment. SOUNDwalkers discovered a new appreciation for the ever changing soundscape, lingering on … Read More

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