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    Photo by Ian Wallman

    The contributing Cities and Memory artists at the event

    The contributing Cities and Memory artists at the event
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    The crowd appreciates a live performance

    The crowd appreciates a live performance
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    Simon Holmes performs live

    Simon Holmes performs live
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    Cities and Memory performs live

    Cities and Memory performs live
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    Guests and artists watch the live performances

    Guests and artists watch the live performances
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    Cities and Memory live performance seen from upper gallery

    Cities and Memory live performance seen from upper gallery

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    Photo by Ian Wallman
    Tim Saul performs live
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    Samplers showcasing recording from the project

    Samplers showcasing recordings from the project allow visitors to create their own remixes
    Photo by Ian Wallman
    Playing with instruments from the Pitt Rivers’ collections
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    The museum’s “sound shower” containing the project

    The museum’s “sound shower” containing the project
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    Rebecca Denniff performs live

    Rebecca Denniff performs live
    Photo by Ian Wallman

    Masako Yokouchi performs live

    Masako Yokouchi performs live

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    Photo by Ian Wallman
    Conversation panel with Laura Irving and laura dymphna
    Photo by Ian Wallman
    Cristina Italiani performs live
    Photo by Ian Wallman
    Stuart from Cities and Memory gives an opening address
    Photo by Ian Wallman
    Live! Tonight! Sold out!
    Photo by Ian Wallman
    Conversation panel with Neil Spencer Bruce, Salma Ahmed Caller, Ilaria Boffa, Philip Grover

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    "As this wave from memories flows in, the city soaks it up like a sponge and expands. A description of [the city] as it is today should contain all [the city's] past. The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lightning rods, the poles of the bags, every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls."

    - Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities



    Grand Prix winner and Coup de Coeur winner, Académie Charles Cros

    Coup de Coeur winner 2025, Académie Charles Cros