Exploring with Sound Walks 

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Interested in literature, sound recordings, place, technology and walking? Then you may wish to attend this event in the Knowledge Centre, at the British Library on the afternoon of Friday 7th June.
<A HREF="https://www.bl.uk/people/experts/mahendra-mahey" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mahendra Mahey</A> from <A HREF="https://www.bl.uk/projects/british-library-labs" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BL Labs</A> will talk about the Library’s current <A HREF="https://www.bl.uk/events/imaginary-cities" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Imaginary Cities</A> exhibition, which showcases fantastical cityscapes created by the Library’s artist in residence Michael Takeo Magruder. 
Andrew Stuck, Founder of the <A HREF="https://www.museumofwalking.org.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Museum of Walking</A> and podcaster at <A HREF="https://www.talkingwalking.net/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Talking Walking</A> will talk about Sound Walks, explaining what they are and giving an overview of <A HREF="https://www.museumofwalking.org.uk/our-events/sound-walk-sunday/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sound Walk Sunday</A>, which is scheduled for Sunday 1st September 2019 and the week following. To give examples of the types of works and digital technologies that can be used to create sound walks, there will be a series of short presentations and videos. 
<A HREF="https://twitter.com/cheryltipp?lang=en" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cheryl Tipp</A>, Curator of Wildlife &amp; Environmental Sounds at the British Library will talk about this fabulous collection, giving examples of how these recordings have been used creatively.
We are hoping this event will encourage people to make entries to the current Sound Walk Sunday <A HREF="http://www.museumofwalking.org.uk/our-events/sound-walk-sunday/sws19-open-call/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">open call</A>, which is inviting people to create outdoor audio, geo-located, immersive performances, listening walks and sound walks.
Schedule:
13:30 Attendees arrive, tea &amp; coffee
13:45 Stella Wisdom Welcome and housekeeping information
13:50 Mahendra Mahey, Introduction to BL Labs and overview of the Imaginary Cities exhibition
14:10 Andrew Stuck, Introduction to Museum of Walking, Talking Walking, and Sound Walk Sunday, and introduce talks/videos from:
14:20 Babak Fakhamzadeh
14:30 Josh Kopeček, Echoes, 3D sound walks (recorded video)
14:35 Fred Adam GPS Museum and Geert Vermeire of the milena principle &amp; Made of Walking video about their CGeomap platform (recorded video)
14:45 George Fort, <A HREF="http://www.placecloud.io/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Placecloud.io</A>
15:00 Alastair Horne, BL &amp; Bath Spa PhD student
15:15 Cheryl Tipp, Introduction to the British Library Wildlife Sounds Collections and how they can be used creatively
15:30 NG Bristow, writer-director, filmmaker and installation artist
15:45 Marcin Barski, curator, music publisher, sound and installation artist, co-founder of IPD - Polish Soundscape Institute IPD (Instytut Pejzażu Dźwiękowego / Soundscape Institute)
16:00 Networking and discussion of how BL Sounds can be used in new Sound Walk works
17:00 End

Bronte Room, The Knowledge Centre (BL conference centre)

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