Sonic Waterloo
Sonic Waterloo Festival July 2 -9 2017
A festival that presents activities around the subject of sound. It connects sound art and location and reinforces cultural networks in the Waterloo area. London.
The festival will provide a unique experience through its use of materials and ideas not explored in any previous events. The festival will spread its activities into the public domain and other surrounding spaces.
Through a series of participatory outdoor and indoor events it will provide exclusive learning opportunities, facilitating new ideas about sound arts and other disciplines.
Rob Olins and Lee Berwick recently had have an installation on Lower Marsh Waterloo.. The sound composition for these sound mirror installations draws on the long history of Lower Marsh as a Street Market and uses archive recordings of London Markets as well as field recordings made by the composer, These recordings have then been tweaked and treated so that they emphasise the reflective qualities of the sound dishes. The mirrors focus the soundwaves so that at some points one hears what appears to be “all around” sound and then by moving a small distance, sometimes only with a slight movement of the head, the volume and quality disappears. Consequently as one moves about the space what you hear radically changes.
Visit iklectikartlab.com/sonic-waterloo/ and sonicwaterloo.tumblr.com
A festival that presents activities around the subject of sound. It connects sound art and location and reinforces cultural networks in the Waterloo area. London.
The festival will provide a unique experience through its use of materials and ideas not explored in any previous events. The festival will spread its activities into the public domain and other surrounding spaces.
Through a series of participatory outdoor and indoor events it will provide exclusive learning opportunities, facilitating new ideas about sound arts and other disciplines.
Rob Olins and Lee Berwick recently had have an installation on Lower Marsh Waterloo.. The sound composition for these sound mirror installations draws on the long history of Lower Marsh as a Street Market and uses archive recordings of London Markets as well as field recordings made by the composer, These recordings have then been tweaked and treated so that they emphasise the reflective qualities of the sound dishes. The mirrors focus the soundwaves so that at some points one hears what appears to be “all around” sound and then by moving a small distance, sometimes only with a slight movement of the head, the volume and quality disappears. Consequently as one moves about the space what you hear radically changes.
Visit iklectikartlab.com/sonic-waterloo/ and sonicwaterloo.tumblr.com