Led by artist Tim Shaw, we will be walking and exploring Gateshead's Riverside Sculpture Trail using sound. Ambulation is a sound walk that uses field recording techniques and listening technologies to create a walking performance using environmental sound. This headphone-based sound walk adapts field recording equipment and DIY listening technologies to explore the sonic quality of different environments. The performer collects acoustic and electromagnetic signals from the immediate environment and transmits them to audience members who are each wearing wireless headphones.

Tim Shaw is an artist working with sound, light and communication media. Presenting work through performances, installations and sound walks. Tim is interested in how listening environments can be constructed or explored using a diverse range of techniques and technologies. http://tim-shaw.info/

We will meet at Dunston Staithes at 6pm and the walk will end near the Gateshead High Level bridge at approximately 7pm. There will then be an opportunity for a Gateshead creatives social at one of the bars nearby, in partnership with North East Cultural Freelancers. Please wear walking boots and appropriate clothes for the weather.

This is the second of a series of walks for Gateshead creative people over the Summer 2022. The walks are an opportunity for Gateshead creative people to get together, socialise, be creative and explore Gateshead creatively. The walks are organised by Gateshead community arts team Dingy Butterflies and funded by Gateshead Council's Arts Team.