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Saturday 21st June -Whitstable Biennale- scroll down for more info...

[Description of Audio Event]

‘What is the relationship between man and the sounds of his environment, and what happens when those sounds change?’ - R.Murray Schafer

ear-of-the-storm is a beginning and explorative step into ideas of the local and assumed soundscapes, thinking of the social and psychological implications sound and the potential for interrupting and altering these within the everyday.

Five months of weather storms, rain, hail etc have been captured in audio and assembled as one conclusive storm lasting 30 minutes. This possible sound track has been placed on a radio frequency allowing this alternative soundcape to be tuned in to and found or lost as it appears to interrupt the radio waves from which it is broadcast.

A collection of small wind up radios and in ear headphones will cluster together in different locations, visitors are invited to pluck a radio form the collection, place the headphones on, sit back and take in the storm. Each action will change the shape of the storm and allow it to move gradually around a venue.

It can be found in various locations and broadcasting from various radio stations across East Kent this summer, blowing from place to place around the kentish towns.

This project has been funded by the Arts Development at Canterbury City Council.

[sound storm]

• Next Location; Whitstable Biennale
  

Saturday 21st June 3pm-6.30pm
Whitstable Baptist Church, middle wall

The storm sounds will be broadcast by Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich’s Celestial Radio 87.7FM at 6pm on the weekend, from their mirrored boat at sea –information found in the main Whitstable Biennale catalogue- The storm sounds echo the final broadcast of the original pirate radio station which Celestial Radio references; Radio Caroline, who also broadcast from sea. During their mysterious final show in the 1970’s a violent weather storm could be heard beating in the background at their ship, the sounds creeping into the airwaves...

The installation will be displaying the work all afternoon in the garden space of the church (opposite the Sea Cadets' Hall and next to The Smack Inn) with the sounds playing out across Whitstable from Celestial Radio over the weekend..



A festival of Contemporary Visual Art
www.whitstablebiennale.com

With satellite events 'A Local Encounter'
www.localencounter.co.uk

[sound storm]

• Location number 1
  

Canterbury
Coffee and Corks
Palace Street

5th June 2008

[ear-of-the-storm] presents a one day event of artistic interventions, ideas, and performances to celebrate World Environment Day.

CSR fm 97.4 fm hosted the sound piece for this event - broadcasting the sound storm for 15 minute intervals at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm

www.ear-of-the-storm.co.uk