LINKED

LINKED is a radio installation/sound walk by Graeme Miller, a response to the creation of the M11 Link Road in the 1990s which involved the demolition of over 400 homes following a 10 year protest.

LINKED is installed on radio transmitters which play from lampposts. Since it was launched as a Museum of London commission in 2003, these transmitters have broadcast the voices and stories of 60 people who lived or worked in the buildings erased by the road; it is playing whether anyone is listening or not.

To experience this sound walk, you can borrow a small radio receiver, headphones & map from our base at our open day at Wanstead Library during Wanstead Fringe. Graeme and his team will be there to host, to exchange stories about the road and the community then and now, and to hear your experiences of the sound work.

Please note that this is not a led walk, but one that you do at your own pace.

The full route is 3 miles long and can take several hours to complete on foot, by wheelchair or by bike. We can offer guidance on shorter routes according to your preferences, and you are very welcome to do one section, stop in one of the many cafes en route, and come and go as you wish.

To discuss any access requirements, please feel welcome to get in touch with LINKED producer Nikki Tomlinson, nikkijtom@gmail.com

Recommended age: 12+

FREE, book here now. Or turn up on the day - you are welcome to drop in.

Further information:

LINKED has endured as perhaps the largest sonic installation in London for 20 years. Since 2003 its radio transmitters have broadcast over a million times the voices of people who lived or worked in the area impacted by the road.

Along a route between Hackney Marshes and Redbridge Roundabout (adjacent to the Link Rd) analogue radio transmitters reveal the voices and stories of 60+ people who once lived and worked in the area – families, road protestors, railway-workers, teachers, disco-goers, and artists from the substantial community living in houses destroyed by the road including Cornelia Parker, John Smith, Christine Binnie and Ian Bourn. Together the assembly of voices evokes a fascinating and moving cross-section of ordinary East London life.

Credits:

LINKED was originally commissioned by Museum of London and launched in 2003, produced by Judith Knight, Mark Godber and Gill Lloyd at Artsadmin . Generously supported by Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, London Boroughs Grants Committee part of the Association of London Government, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Vestry House Museum, and the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest. The restoration of LINKED (2022 – 2024) was supported by Arts Council England.

With thanks to all the many interviewees, production teams and friends involved in developing LINKED and to the researchers who developed the interview content for LINKED: Lucy Cash, Myra Heller, Dan Saul, Michael Sherin, Helen Statman. Original technical design by Simon Beer of Integrated Circles.

Production (2023-2025): Steve Wald, Mike Harrison, Lydia Newman, Chris Warner, Lou Doyle, Vida Vojić, Graeme Miller, Nikki Tomlinson

www.graememiller.org