Audio-Collage Workshop with Dr. Henry McPherson

Audio-Collage Workshop with Dr. Henry McPherson

In this workshop, Henry will guide us through different ways of thinking about listening, audio, attention, and our relationship with sound and sonic media. We will consider some improvisational listening methodologies to explore our entangled relationship with multiple agencies, environments, and other actors, and consider how these relationships might come together in concrete forms such as audio collage and audio essay.

After giving an introduction into the theory of acoustic ecologies, Henry will take us outside of the Ellen Wilkinson Building and onto the University of Manchester campus. We will record sounds from our environment, before returning intside to edit our recordings into sound-collages.

Please bring a smartphone or similar (something to record audio with!)

​Date: 28th November 2024
Time: 2:30-4pm
Location: Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester, M15 6JA
You will need: a smartphone/device to record audio with

About the Facilitator:

Henry is a composer, improviser, artist, and researcher from Herefordshire (UK). His portfolio explores creative relationships with the natural world through sound, movement, and visual media. Often, Henry's work is focused on plant ecologies and the sights and sounds of woodland and coastal ecosystems. His developing approach to ‘ecological improvisation’ aims to cultivate inclusive listening and interspecies empathy in and through performance. You can read more about his work here.

As always, we can offer up to £10 (or less if costs are lower) reimbursement of travel costs for a maximum of 8 attendees. Reimbursements will operate on a first come, first served basis. If you need travel support, please email Scott Backrath (EHRN Treasurer) at [email protected].

Host or Publisher Environmental Humanities Research Network