Svietas 06 // Site Specific Sound Art: Listening to a Hidden Canal in Salford 03.07.2024

In this episode, we take a look at a recent project in Salford that created soundscape compositions specifically for a hidden canal in the city. In some areas, the canal still exists, can be seen, heard, touched, swum on, fallen into and otherwise interacted with. But in some other areas, the canal is hidden deep under the concrete, we cannot see or feel it and we only know of its existence through old maps and stories.

The sound artworks were created as one of the components of the festival's artistic program and were exhibited through a soundwalk called "Hidden canal", which was the result of an international artistic residency process.

Each work is dedicated to a specific location near the hidden canal. Works were created by pairs of artists. Each pair consisted of one arti...

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