The Listening Room
Soundwalk :Take me to the river!
Soundwalk: Take me to the river
Saturday 29th September 2007, 11.00 - 12.30 am
Otterpool Park Gates
Aigburth Road / Jericho lane
Liverpool L17 5AN
£1.00
Liverpool, England
A soundwalk is a practice: it is walking without talking, focussing on
the sound around, focussing on being there rather than talking about
it. The walk usually consists of 3 x 20 minutes sessions with light
intermissions to share thoughts and reflections and then move on.
Take me to the river: Slow soundwalk
“When was the last time you went somewhere just to hear the sounds
there? Whether experienced as private meditation or as collective silence
SOUNDWALKS refresh your ears and reset your sensual awareness to where
you are, live or work.........
This is a special slow walk, Phil Morton leader of this Soundwalk:TAKE
ME TO THE RIVER: takes you on a path that lasts 10 minutes at a brisk
pace, but today will take an hour. This path down through Otterspool
Park Path to the river will take you through a range of sonic delights; of
the wood as we leave the road behind, the bridge and finally we open
up and out into the great blue horizon of the Mersey Estuary and Welsh
mountains.
This is a rare chance to slow down in the urban rush. For musicians it
is a chance to open your ears to a bigger palette of sounds. It is an
exercise in ear-cleaning, it is good fun too!
All welcome: avoid noisy bags and clothing, bring a friend and you
won’t have to explain the journey to them later! Surprise yourself”
Links:
Listening Room
http://www.lr.frakture.org
http://www.frakture.org/Venues/otterspool.htm
Streetmap : The postcode location is L17 5AN. This map is OK but
slightly wrong, the arrow points to a disused Otterspool Road: we meet at
the junction of Jericho lane and Aigburth Road, which you can also see
on the map.
Contact details:
Phil Morton : 0151 709 6123, mob 079995 185 82
The PRS Foundation for new music
support received from Community Foundation for Merseyside