The Domestic Soundscape making, listening, thinkingfelicityford@outlook.com
FO: Shimmer Socks
Ah, fine, finished socks in Skeinqueen Blissful Yarn… how I love you. How I wish that my unsatisfying phone-camera photo could adequately convey your truly beautiful colours, which remind me of the wild plants crowding the verges beside the A4074, and all the greens I’ve noticed lately on my walks; Or the sweet detail of […]
A pause in the workflow
I have been feeling very busy lately and there is no sign of the pace letting up as I steam towards the conclusion of my 3-year PhD, with paper and prints and bits of radio trailing in my wake and a thousand million loose-ended ribbons to tie up. I love it all – the busyness, […]
Around the A4074 this month…
I’m clearing out my camera and finding evidence and reminders of all the things I’ve done so far this July in my explorations of The A4074. Firstly, I’ve been trying to discover what plant this is. It grows all along the verges beside the road for miles around Ipsden, and it looks to me like […]
Chris Watson workshop at Kew Gardens
On Monday I went to a most instructive workshop led by Chris Watson. The workshop was organised by Sound and Music and was held at Kew Gardens where an extraordinary work by Watson entitled ‘Whispering in the Leaves‘ can currently be heard in the Palm House. The work was made through making recordings in various […]
Soundwalk – 18th July 2010, World Listening Day
I have been busy handprinting maps for the forthcoming Soundwalk this Sunday, 18th July, which is to take place in Warborough, Oxfordshire. There is a permanent page about the event here. The Soundwalk has been designed to coincide with World Listening Day, which has been organised by The World Listening Project. Here is some information […]
The hunt for owl sounds and a mystery bird…
Last Friday I once again walked the length of the A4074 overnight, using the surrounding footpaths. This time Mark came with me and he has posted a beautiful account here of the experience from his perspective. He took some amazing photographs (which you can see in his post) – my favourite one being this one, […]
Speed and time
One of the things that is amazing me about the A4074 walks, is how fast things moves in nature, and how quickly things change from week to week on the ground. For instance these poppies – which were only just out a couple of weeks ago – have finished flowering now and are already nursing […]
Soundwalk 5: the meta data
What do the RAF Base at Benson, my Type Trumps birdthay present from Mark, and the designs I have been working on for my Soundwalk have in common? Type Trumps 2: image held here, and game available to buy here. The answer is, the Transport font by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert. You can read […]
Maps then and now
My proposed soundwalk on 18th July is going to hopefully coincide with The Warborough and Shillingford Festival; I am working this out with the organisers and would love some feedback from you folks. I am thinking about 10 people is the maximum number of people for a listening forray; if the numbers get a lot […]
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