Shoreham Woods - The Beech Walk

The Woodpecker Walk is a scenic route, with some steep inclines, steps and stiles, which may be challenging for some people. The walk is around 4 miles long and takes around 2 hours. Along the way, you will hear about how Shoreham Woods is managed as well as local history and wildlife. This audio trail was made possible with funding from the Kent Downs National Landscape and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players.

Hi, my name is Giovanna Iorio. I turn voices of poets into spectrograms. "Murmur, tree of voices " is a piece I composed with all the voices of the poets included in this exhibition. Voices in Dialogue is a composition with poets voices and music All the music by Lucio Lazzaruolo LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES: The tree in front of you is the "Tree of voices". Get closer to see the voice portraits of many international poets (living and past). They are little transparent cubes where the voice shines with its colours. LISTEN WITH YOUR SKIN: You can also touch the velvet voice portrait in the frame and on the tree. Giuseppe Ungaretti Pier Paolo Pasolini Bertolt Brecht Nadia Chiaverini Sara Capoccioni Stefania Di Lino Eugenia Serafini Dylan Thomas Matilde Tortora Angela Schiavone Anne Carson Yoko Ono Fridha Khalo Iromi Ito Sebastiano Adernò Anna Akhmatova Maryline Bertoncini Please open the Catalogue on Issuu to listen to the voice of the individual poets. https://issuu.com/giovannaiorio/docs/catalogo_voiceportraits.docx

Poets and authors of the sound installation: Sara Capoccioni (poet) Galen Cranz (author of The Chair) Lidia Popolano (poet) Mariapia Quintavalla Elena Ribet (poet) Chelsea Rushton (poet) Angela Schiavone (poet) Marco Sonzogni (poet) Matilde Tortora (poet) Music by Lucio Lazzaruolo and Notturno Concertante Using Louis ghost chairs, the installation Talking chairs by Giovanna Iorio combines the transparency of this iconic chair created by designer Philippe Starck to the colours and sound of her unique voice portraits, spectrograms of the human voice. Chairs and human voices will be the only protagonists of this new sound installation that aims to reflect on the possibility of dialogue in a time of isolation. Philippe Starck described his transparent chair in these terms: “You are not sure exactly what it is but everyone recognises it and sees it as something familiar. It’s here when you want to see it and you can blend it in if you want to be discreet. It is half disappearing, dematerialising. Like all the production of our civilisation.” Through the “transparent design furnishings” the aesthetic aspect of transparency became accepted globally. In a society where everything that counts must be visible, the invisible becomes a valid alternative. Words, being a product of civilisation, disappear and dematerialise everyday leaving human beings every day more silent in a world of noises. Starck said that “the universal success of the Louis Ghost chair does not come from its design but from collective memory. The Louis Ghost chair was produced by our collective subconscious and it is only the natural result of our past, our present and our future.” In this installation we await for curious visitors to sit on the invisible chairs, blended in nature and only revealing the invisible colours of the human voice. Ten authors from Italy, USA and New Zealand have sent their message and voices to reflect on past, present and future. Talking chairs invites visitors to a place where chairs will no longer be chairs, but imaginary islands for urban sailors.

Our homes, and where we come from, shape the way we view the world: the things that comfort us, the things that make us feel out of shape. In a year where we have spent more time than we could have ever anticipated in our households - 5 young artist reflect on what home means to them.

Sound walk between the Highest and Lowest points in the Royal Borough of Greenwich

## The Metalization of a Dream by Duncan MacLeod (2019-2022) feat. Galvanize Ensemble. The Metalization of a Dream is an open form soundwalk responding to the dada and surrealist-inspired collages of Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005). A pioneer of pop art, Paolozzi’s practice drew inspiration from artists that utilise similar collage and cut-up techniques such as Charles Ives and William S. Burroughs. As such, these relationships are explored within this work through John Cage’s concept of the coexistence of dissimilars, where the notion of harmoniously blended elements is eschewed in favour of collage-like juxtapositions ‘that fuse in the ear of the listener’. Like Paolozzi’s collages, this work incorporates ‘found objects’ in this case John Taverner’s In Nomine and the writings of Gertrude Stein that are reimagined, juxtaposed and intertwined with composed and indeterminate materials alongside soundscape recordings to form an equivocal sound world. Commissioned by Galvanize Ensemble with funding from the Arts Council of England, PRS Foundation, RVW Trust, and support from Britten Pears Arts (Creative Retreats). ------ #### Biographies [__Duncan MacLeod__](http://www.duncanmacleod.org) is a composer whose practice utilises both acoustic and electronic forces. His outputs encompasses concert music, sound installations, music for stage, interdisciplinary collaborations, and participatory arts. His work has been commissioned, commercially recorded, and broadcast internationally by various ensembles and soloists. Duncan is Reader of music composition at the University of Nottingham and is co-artistic director of Nottingham Forum for Artistic Research (NottFAR). Website: [www.duncanmacleod.org](http://www.duncanmacleod.org) Twitter: [@Leod_Music](http://twitter.com/leod_music) [__Galvanize Ensemble__](www.galvanizeensemble.co.uk) is an ensemble of musicians who work with composers, artists, film and text to create installations, cross disciplinary performances & exhibitions. [https://www.galvanizeensemble.co.uk](www.galvanizeensemble.co.uk) Joel Bell (guitar), Sarah Dacey (voice), Kate Halsall (keyboards), Stephen Hiscock (percussion), and Phil Maguire (electronics). Unless credited otherwise all works composed by Duncan MacLeod ©2022. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording strictlty prohibited.

108 in Cape Town: Hangberg > Hout Bay Harbour > Sea Point > Adderley Under the apartheid system, the Group Areas Act designated Hangberg as a “coloured” residential area. Poverty and unemployment in Hangberg are high, and it has been the site of a number of political protests. Hout Bay & Sea Point contain multi-million rand mansions, luxurious holiday homes and some small wine estates. Supported by funding from Goldsmiths, University of London Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies’ 40th Anniversary Community Fund. With thanks to the Museum of Walking and #SoundWalkSunday Executive producer Andrew Stuck

Interviews with friends about our favourite memories from school around our favourite walking route Set walking speed to 2.5 km/h

**Sounding Peace** is a sonic memorial to peace and peacekeeping, created in collaboration with veterans of the British armed forces and their families. Drawing on their lived experiences, the work asks: *What is peace?* *What does it sound like?* **BEFORE YOU START, WHEN PROMPTED** i) allow location services ii) allow motion and fitness data iii) allow Echoes to search for bluetooth devices iv) choose 'Professional' listening quality v) choose 3d audio and Apple Pro headphones if you have them, or device sensors if not Connect to wi-fi and download to your device in advance for the best experience The work is 17'42" long and is divided into 4 discrete movements with a short silence in between each section **Concept, sound design & production: Dr Joseph Young** artofnoises.com 'Sounding Peace' is made possible by the support of Arts Council England project funding