This is a project led by Glenn Davidson of Artstation and Mike Fedeski of Cardiff University and is about tuning our senses to the ambient sound sources that define the River Taff as a place. 

The work is to explore and expose the river’s regional sonic character. A key part is how to record and discover what status a recording holds.  What, for instance, does the recording of a large part of a river require? Could a sky ear possibly hear a whole river and what would that sound like? Also how could one show or exhibit a work of this type?

The approach has already led students to

– plan visits to the various sites by train and bicycle;

– develop from a common state of hearing to a state of active listening;

– explore how RAIN changes the river sonics;

– learn to combine sonic research and collaborate;

– mix and balance sonic sources;

– explore approaches to simultaneous recordings;

– make and exhibit a SoundScape installation.

The idea may be to create a regional SoundScape in which a user can zoom into and out of different scales of locations. The sonic studies can also be physically configured to produce a sound installation.