The Third Bank of the River Lea: Listening to Waterbodies in East London
Ania Mokrzycka (Loughborough University London); Luiz Ribeiro Sales Fonseca (Loughborough University London); Karina Townsend (University of East London); Vitoria Croda (Loughborough University London); Ines Nolasco (Loughborough University London); Courtney N. Reed (Loughborough University London)*
- The registration for this workshop is managed by the workshop chairs. A sign-up form will be circulated in late May
- Type: In person
- Room Location: 102
- Full day (9am-6pm)
- Signup Deadline: June 19th AoE
- Contact Email: here
Abstract:
With this full-day workshop (or walkshop), our aim is to foster horizontal human-river-technology relationships alongside the Lee Navigation in East London, at the venue of NIME 2026. We will explore together how sonic practices in sounding, listening, and recording shape our sensory experiences and relationships to waterbodies and ecological factors. Firstly, we will promote a collective listening walk alongside the Lee Navigation canal as it moves towards its reunification with the rest of the River Lea, where we end our walk. Secondly, participants will work in small groups to explore critical ecological themes and create, capture, or listen to sonic experiences. They will be invited to produce narrative accounts about how and what they discovered, shared, and/or engaged with. The motivations of the workshop are: 1) to foster ecological sensibilities based on listening and care; 2) connect these sensibilities to a broader discussion about urbanised waterbodies and how sound and sonic technologies shape our relationship to them.
Workshop website: https://thechaoslab.github.io/thirdbank/