Would you like your field recordings to be heard at the iconic Barbican Centre in London?
Now’s your chance – over the next month, we’re working with the Barbican to help you do just that.
We’re hosting an exclusive call for the Cities and Memory community to provide the field recordings for a brand new commission by sound artist Miyu Hosoi, as part of the Barbican’s Feel The Sound sonic exhibition experience this May.
Observatory Station is a global collaborative project that reflects on the relationship between sound and place, between reality and imagination – using sound to collect snapshots of places and times all over the world as part of a unique new sound installation.
You can submit a recording at this link until 31 March.
The sounds will be presented as part of a newly-commissioned installation by sound artist Miyu Hosoi at the Barbican Centre in London as part of its Feel the Sound multi-sensory exhibition experience from May to August 2025.
This is a great chance to have your recordings be heard in the Barbican (and on the international tour of the exhibition) as part of our mass contributory sonic callout.
All recordists will of course be fully credited by the Barbican and Cities and Memory as part of the exhibition.
What sounds are we looking for?
The brief is quite open. We are looking for “sonic observations” – sound recordings that paint a picture of what a specific place looks and feels like to be in – this could be your home, the city in which you live, or a destination you’ve visited that has particularly struck you, whether that is urban, rural or anywhere in between.
We would like to hear sonic observations that communicate the uniqueness of that place at that specific time – how does this place sound (and feel) different from anywhere else, and at that time in particular?
These recordings that tell stories through time as well as through place – what are the characteristic sounds where you are at 4.00am as well as 4.00pm? The selected recordings will be the sonic observations that best allow listeners to understand the character of a place, or the stories behind it.
