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
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Matthew Shenton
Oct 2
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
Sep 17
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
Aug 22
Listening to the Landscape 19: Leigh-on-Sea
An important part of my Arts Council funded DYCP has been to meet with and learn from inspiring practitioners through mentoring and...
Matthew Shenton
Aug 19
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
Jun 27
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 10
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 4
Listening to the Landscape 12 - quiet solitude
This is the first of my village recordings to have taken place inside a building; that of All Saints Church. The church sits in the heart of
Matthew Shenton
Apr 13
Listening to the Landscape 8 - turning data into sound
How I started to investigate what local data on the natural world is available, how to incorporate this into my sound work
Matthew Shenton
Feb 8
Listening to the landscape 6 - Mr Whippy and water
A project to explore the sounds of my village had been bubbling away in the back of my mind for many years, but I had never discussed it
Matthew Shenton
Dec 31, 2023
Listening to the Landscape 4 - the project
I had been kicking around an idea for a community project examining how global external factors influence village soundscapes. I wanted...
Matthew Shenton
Nov 21, 2023
Listening to the Landscape 3 - the rural soundscape
In this blog series I have discussed in part one how relocating to Suffolk inspired me to investigate how other artists have responded...
Matthew Shenton
Oct 16, 2023
Listening to the Landscape 1 - The Beginning
Listening to the Landscape will be a series of blog posts about my land/sound scape work in the hope of constructing a coherent narrative
Matthew Shenton
Jun 27, 2023
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...
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