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Sampling sounds of the future

Sampling sounds of the future: What does the future of Coventry sound like?

University of Warwick/Coventry City of Culture, 2021

Sampling Sounds of Coventry’s Future is a participatory project that facilitates exchange between the city of Coventry and its universities, as part of Coventry City of Culture. Supported by the Warwick Institute of EngagementLink opens in a new window, the project brings together academic researchers with artists, practitioners and publics in and around Coventry to address the question: what does the future of Coventry sound like? To answer it, we work together to create compositions and performances, using field recordings of the city.

Works

Adele Reed : Small Folk Found Sounds

"Small Folks" thinks, in a literal way, about the future sounds of the city through the ears of the next generation.

Jitey Samra and Tarla Patel - North Side of the City

North side of the city focuses on the sound and stories of Stoney Stanton road in Coventry.

Natsu - Sampling the Future Sound of Coventry

An audio-visual installation consisting of three short films with soundtracks, each focussing on one aspect of Coventry: Transport & Industry, People & Communities and Buildings & Environment.

Laura Nyahuye - Echoing Sound, Breadcrumbs of Memory

A live spoken-word performance, followed by a public conversation about sound and cultural memory.

laura

Laura NyahuyeLink opens in a new window

Sarah M Farmer - Godivari lost and found

An exploration of sound, music and culture in Coventry and the possibilities and failings of data storage, from the perspective of a found violin. 

Godivari - Lost and Found

Iain Emsley - Unheard city

This project explores digital futures that are being constructed around us through developing device assemblages, and to begin hearing them through sonifications.

Grey city scape

Unheard CityLink opens in a new window

Descriptions of commissioned works Link opens in a new window

Participating ArtistsLink opens in a new window