The mysterious origins of the chalk-hill figure known locally as the Folkestone Elephant are explored through an immersive countryside walk using mobile Augmented Reality. The walk invites users to consider the importance of the landmark through a series of geo-located ‘found’ video clips and accompanying survey questions.
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Continue reading Have You Seen The Folkestone Elephant?Live sea wave data streamed from a marine observation buoy is transformed into a continuous electronic soundscape. Using the Pure Data (Pd) programming platform, the various sea and wave measurements are used to shape and control the different parameters of sound.
Created in collaboration with eco-poet Chris Poundwhite, Green Language offers a unique perspective on the Folkestone Downs (SSSI). Through a blend of transportive soundscapes and visual poetry, the work explores the site’s rich ecosystem and our human relationship to this ever-present feature of the local landscape.
Starling Broadcast is an electroacoustic work combining sampled bird song with digital synthesis and improvised manipulation. The source field recordings, capturing the sound of a starling roost beneath Folkestone Harbour’s 1930s swing bridge, were made over three subsequent dusk evenings in late November 2018.
House of Easement is a site-specific sound installation of Tudor style music specially composed in response to the ‘mock-Tudor’ public toilets at Pleydell Gardens, Folkestone.