Soundwalk Workshop

As a public event associated with the exhibition Magnified Ear, this everyday pedestrian route, established by John L. Drever, encompasses public pavements, designated pathways, and the exploration of desire paths and privately managed land. The soundwalk begins at Goldsmiths, University of London, leading participants through Deptford and across the Thames via the Greenwich Foot tunnel, culminating at the Isle of Dogs. Each soundwalk offers a distinctive experience shaped by atmospheric conditions, socio-cultural events, and interactions, resulting in a dynamic fusion of factors and unpredictable variables. Through this workshop, our aim is to extend the exhibition beyond the gallery space and engage with the surrounding communities by bring up the auditory awareness while walking.

This workshop is open to all, no experience required. We kindly request that you come prepared with comfortable walking shoes. Please note that tickets are limited. If you are unable to attend, please let us know so we can allocate your place.

is a group exhibition explores the nature of architectural rhythm through sound dialogue that emerges from architecture and its space. The featured artwork includes sound installations, sculptures, film, performances, and text, questioning whether the sound of human interactions constructs architecture beyond its need to exist.

Biography:

John Levack Drever operates at the intersection of disciplines that deal with sound including acoustics, audiology, environmental studies, sound art and urban design. He has a special interest in soundscape methods, in particular field recording and soundwalking. In 1998 he co-founded the UK and Ireland Soundscape Community (a regional affiliate of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology). He was awarded a PhD from Dartington College of Arts in 2001. Drever is an avid collaborator and a member of Blind Ditch. He has devised sound in many different configurations and contexts. Commissions range from the Groupe de Recherches Musicales, France (1999) to Shiga National Museum, Japan (2012). Most recently he collaborated with Ruralrecreation on the School of Insects (2021-22) at Trumpington Park Primary School, Cambridge. Together with Prof Andrew Hugill, he co-edited Aural Diversity (Routledge 2022). Drever is Professor of Acoustic Ecology and Sound Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he co-leads the Unit for Sound Practice Research (SPR). He first presented the concept of auraltypical hearing and auraldiversity at Hearing Landscape Critically: Music, Place, and the Spaces of Sound at Harvard University in 2015.

is a curatorial collective founded by Yang Li and Jingwen Weng in July 2021. Our aim is to raise awareness for marginalised, underrepresented, and invisible communities in the artistic realm and social justice. Drawing from our multicultural and interdisciplinary backgrounds, we reflect on surrounding cultures through self-evaluation in a casual, accessible, and imaginative way.

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