A walk of art: the potential of the sound walk as practice in cultural geography |
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Authors: | Toby Butler |
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Institution: | Department of Geography, Royal Holloway , University of London , Surrey, TW20 0EX |
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Abstract: | Some of the most experimental and exciting work using sound and spatiality has come from the art world. This essay traces how an exciting hybrid of sound art and walking – the sound walk - has evolved over the last century. Examining the latest examples of sound walks in London and New York, and reflecting on the author's experience of creating a sound walk route, this essay focuses on the potential of this medium to create flowing, multi-sensory and embodied ways for social and cultural geographers to research the outside environment. The essay concludes that the medium could also be useful for presenting site-specific cultural geography to the public in an accessible and inclusive way. |
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Keywords: | sound art walk landscape memory |
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