South Walney

South Walney Island, Cumbria, UK
Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Octopus Collective, SoundCamp

CWT and Octopus Collective, a sound arts organisation based in Barrow-in-Furness, are collaborating on a live stream from a remote coastal location on South Walney Island as part of a program of public engagement with the site - an SSSI with a distinctive shingle ecology. A Raspberry Pi based streambox places the listener low down on the beach among nesting seabirds. A residency by Soundcamp including field studies, DIY audio workshops and a live stream installation in the market at Barrow, explored connections between the city and the island for the Full of Noises Festival. Rebecca Chesney and Maja Bugge are currently the resident artists.

cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/south-walney
octopuscollective.org/
soundtent.org/south_walney/GULLSPIT.html
octopuscollective.org/events/full-of-noises-4-5-gull-spit-27-281017/