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Listening to the Landscape 23: Reflections
After ten months of sonic experimentation, artistic mentoring and sound collection it is time for a period of evaluation, reflection and for
Matthew Shenton
Oct 4, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 22: Field Irrigation
Trying to grow crops in a dry climate will require irrigation of some kind, and with any farm machinery comes interesting sounds and rhythms
Matthew Shenton
Oct 2, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 21: Flagpoles and Bins
Home to both the village hall and quoits club, the Holbrook village green sits almost slap bang in the centre of the village.
Matthew Shenton
Sep 17, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 20: Grasshopper
The weather report had promised a mainly sunny day, but with quite a robust breeze and before long I could hear some faint chirps and clicks
Matthew Shenton
Sep 8, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 18 - ants up close
In an attempt to attract pollinators to visit our small front garden, we had left the lawn untouched by the mower for well over a year.
Matthew Shenton
Aug 19, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 17 - thunderous rooks
Rooks are a wonderful, if inescapable, part of my daily life. At the north end of the village there are at least four rookeries to be...
Matthew Shenton
Jul 18, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 16 - underwater soundscape
'Hidden sound' equipment can reveal unknown worlds that both blow your mind and help you to experience the world differently
Matthew Shenton
Jul 8, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 15 - village drones
For the 20 minutes I stood on the path the drone obliterated nearly all other sounds in the vicinity. At around...
Matthew Shenton
Jun 27, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 14 - holy bees
Tucked away at the edge of the churchyard (behind a formidable growth of nettles and centuries old gravestones) are a number of bee hives
Matthew Shenton
Jun 24, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 13 - munching sheep
I’m not sure I have ever really watched sheep up close for any length of time – it is amazing just how much grass they eat and how quickly.
Matthew Shenton
Jun 10, 2024
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Listening to the Landscape 9 - a windy creek
Over the last few weeks I have been preparing equipment and looking for a suitable location from which to broadcast the dawn chorus on Sunda
Matthew Shenton
Apr 28, 2024
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SPILL Residency 2023
I recently spent a wonderful week at the SPILL Think Tank in Ipswich as part of their artist residency scheme. Throughout the week I...
Matthew Shenton
Jun 27, 2023
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