Listening to / in Public Space

Justin Bennett

As an artist working often with audio walks I often have the nagging thought: does using headphones to present sound in public space immerse the listener in a bubble, separating them from their surroundings? This research looks at the form of the audio walk and the possibilities of using binaural recording, narrative devices and locative media to prioritise engagement with the environment. In addition it documents the re-activation of an older work of mine in a app using geo-location and it collects documentation of a number of walk-pieces including scripts, audio files, maps and other background information. Lectorate Music, Education and Society, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag. 2023-24

Den Haag. rumours / resonances demonstrated in geometrical order. 2001

original script NL

script english translation

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This audio walk has been used as a test case for updating and converting to the new platform of the TRACKS app. A detailed description of the work and the changes can be found here. To listen to the finished piece download the app and search for the Dutch or English versions of the walk. To listen you need to be at the location itself, starting at the Haags Filmhuis, Spui, Den Haag, The Netherlands. The tracks above are from the original CD version from 2001

1 stroom

2 st jacobstraat

3 wagenstraat

4 pavilioen

5 les 5 stralingsbronnen

6 Dunne Bierkade

7 van der Duynstraat

8 Geruchten

9 Bocht van Guinea

10 Spui - hierarchie

11 Spuiplein

12 Justitie

13 parking - schuilkelder

14 ascension

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