S+S: Time Below Our Feet

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This soundscape weaves together a series of site-specific histories - from the coal and ice trade industries of the 18th Century, to the 1878 Beaconsfield Buildings, and present day. Using sound as a means of excavation, we aim to uproot these histories that run below our feet.

It opens at the border of our assigned area, with the ghostly echoes of the Beaconsfield Buildings, which is now home to a space-age playground, part of Bingfield Park. As a space that heavily evolved with its community, this sound piece emphasises the power we hold to shift a place's identity.

We then take you on a journey through the apex of the trade industry in the 18th Century. We give you this time to listen to the murmurations heard at the intersection of the ice trade market and thriving economy of this time.

Just over 100 years later, London experiences its worst ever recorded tube fire at King’s Cross Station during the climax of 1990s rave culture. As we dive into this inferno, we ask you to consider the change that undergoes in the face of time.

We return you to the sound of silence in the wake of destruction to ask you to consider where we stand in this present moment as we hear the echoes of our past.