DES304: Passing Through Place by Nerida Carson nlc001

This walk traces a journey through sound, moving between human activity and natural environments across the Sippy Downs campus. Beginning at the threshold of space, the listener is guided through moments of movement, interaction, and sensory overload before transitioning into quieter states of attention and awareness. The experience reveals how place is shaped through both presence and perception.

This is a look at how Geolocated Maps can be used to capture audio visual pieces of environments in different ways.

Embark on an exhilarating journey into the vibrant world of plants. Their World invites you to experience the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) campus through a new sensory lens—one grounded in deep listening, curiosity, and care. As you walk, you’ll be immersed in an intricate soundscape composed of field recordings gathered through the roots of trees. These recordings capture the hidden melodies that resonate beneath our feet and all around us—the subtle murmur of roots sucking up water, rustle of leaves, the pulse of insects, the calls of birds, and rain drops playing the trees like drums. This work offers a glimpse into a world not shaped by human hands but inhabited by countless beings whose lives unfold in parallel to our own. It asks you to slow down, to tune in, and to listen differently—not for us, but for them. Their World is both an artwork and an act of reciprocity. It reflects the artist’s deep love for the natural world and the belief that attentive, respectful listening can shift how we relate to place. In walking this path, you’re invited to let go of expectation and open yourself to the vitality, complexity, and beauty of the more-than-human world that surrounds us—always speaking, if we choose to hear it.

An immersive inter-disciplinary design experience exploring the interconnectedness of a river/creek ecosystem on Gubbi Gubbi Country. Walk concludes in the Cave2 in H block.

This work is part of a research project between Leah Barclay, Tricia King and Lyndon Davis exploring site-responsive photography, immersive soundscape and Indigenous knowledge. The work explores methods of seeing sound and hearing images through a locative media walk with photography and soundscapes. This is the third iteration of Holocene - which responds to an immersive sound walk of the same name along the edge of the lake at Boreen Point for Floating Land 2021. The work references the current period of geologic time that corresponds with the global changes caused by human activities and technological revolutions. It explores the tensions present in UNESCO biosphere reserves, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges and contradictions of sustainable development. The audience walked along the edge of the lake at dusk with their feet in the water wearing wireless headphones and listening to a live soundscape mix. The acoustic ecology focused around the Noosa Biosphere Reserve revealing invisible ecosystems we usually cannot hear including hydrophones deep in the everglades and microbats navigating the surface of the lake at dusk. The experience draws on the voices of traditional owners, including Lyndon Davis who is a key collaborator on this research. For this locative experience, Leah has created a soundscape in response to Tricia's images from the original sound walk at Boreen Point and additionally imagery from their collaboration project Listening in the Wild - www.listeninginthewild.com

Experience a walk that allows you to tune in, hear and take a moment to just breathe. A walk that helps you discover sounds you may have overlooked, sounds you never really bat an eye to or gave much attention to before. Sounds that have always been there, it just takes a helping hand to 'see'.

Preview this traditional canoe (currently undergoing routine maintenance) that will soon be ready for public viewing. The bark canoe has been crafted using traditional techniques, brimming with historic and cultural significance. Narrated by Lyndon Davis

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters upon which the University's campuses are located. We acknowledge their continuing connections to the Country and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Welcome to your integrated experience of the beautiful art collection found around the University of the Sunshine Coast. Here you will find information about the amazing featured artists' work that we are very grateful to have on our campus. You will hear Megan Williams talk about some of the amazing artwork we have on the campus. Megan is a curator and writer with over fifteen years of experience in programming and management roles across the university art museum sector. This walk is designed to give you information of each art, recommend downloading the walk for a better optimal experience. Please listen to the end before moving to the next echo to make sure the audio does not overlap and don't forget to tap each echo to ensure you view each image. Now feel welcome to immerse yourself in this experience and enjoy the beautiful art and the information.

This is for our workshop