sound plotting

sound plotting

A day of sound art, improv music, biosonics and dancing at Stanmer Organics

Location

Stanmer Organics, Stanmer Park,
Brighton
BN1 9PZ

Date & time

Saturday 20th August 2022
13.00 – 20.00

Sound Plotting was a day of sound art installations, activities and music organised by Lost Property Arts Collective, with areas conceived and realised by Sound Art Brighton.   

It was based in the verdant plots of Stanmer Organics, an area near Stanmer Park, close to the University of Sussex campus.  The SAB team developed pieces that were in part inspired by the features of particular plots, including a community orchard and a dome made of willow trees.  

Watch the video for an overview of the whole day, and take a look below at the individual contributions of the SAB team. 

Chris Sciacca – Listening walk with ear trumpets
“A casual auditory stroll using hand crafted analogue listening devices called ‘ear trumpets’ to amplify sounds of nature throughout the park.”

Olivia Louvel – Wave Dome  – white noise in nature
“A white noise and short waves immersion for Willow Dome. Experience and tune out.”

Kersten Glandien – Orchard Listening
“Listening to sounds through headphones while sitting in natural surroundings can be a very special experience; the sound in your ears blends with the atmosphere you can feel, see, touch and smell; listening with others in a shared environment makes for a communal experience.”

Joshua Le Gallienne – Listening To The Wind
An activity exploring the sonic qualities of the wind. Listening to the Wind adopts a phenomenological approach that aims to encourage new ways of engaging with environmental phenomena. Participants focus on the physical sensations of the wind on the face, embracing the resonances that can be created and perceived when the relationships between the wind and the ears are explored.”

Lost Property’s programme

Jason Hotchkiss  – Sonic Shrubbery: an  ensemble of simple oscillators hang among the plants and use tiny changes in their electrical conductivity to create a symphony of bleepiness.  Sprouting MIDI: minute electrical signals from plants are monitored and used to create a sequence of notes.  Photo Synthesis:  a set of solar powered sound oscillators, hung together like a child’s mobile, is suspended from the trees. 

Dolly Rae Star – Gong bath

Al Strachan – a performance using cornet and sounds found in Stanmer.

Fiery BiscuitsListen to the Bees – a headphone piece that offered listeners a chance to experience close up the sounds of a busy beehive.

Iain & Ida PaxonInside the Wheel – sounds made by amplifying a bicycle. 

Performances from:

Baby Hair, RDyer, Jo Burke, Fettucini Spicer, Alien Alarms, Myra Stuart, Safehouse / Yellow Door, Paul Khimasia Morgan, Thee Bald Knobbers, Daniel Spicer, Gagarin, Loner Club, Mediocretron and Danny Bright.

+ a DJ set from Afrobase‘s John Warr

These images and more can be found on this Flickr album for the event.

This video features Jason Hotchkiss’s pieces: