Here’s a special message from @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social, as there are now just TWO MONTHS left to take part in our project Ways of Listening.
Over the past few months, with so many submissions already sent in, Ways of Listening has grown into something rich, surprising, and deeply human.
So what does listening mean to YOU? We can’t wait to see -and hear - your creative responses to the question. citiesandmemory.com/listening/
What’s striking isn’t just the range of submissions, but the range of approaches to listening itself. The submissions form a kind of map — not of places, but of attention.
Again and again, artists return to a simple but powerful idea: listening is not passive. It is something we do.
Here’s a special message from @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social, as there are now just TWO MONTHS left to take part in our project Ways of Listening.
Over the past few months, with so many submissions already sent in, Ways of Listening has grown into something rich, surprising, and deeply human.
🚨 Two months to go! 🚨 You have until 19 June to answer one simple question - what does listening mean to you?
Ways of Listening - a partnership between with @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social - is a global callout for artists to create a conversation around listening. citiesandmemory.com/listening/
Looking for a creative challenge? 🎧💖
There are just under 100 recordings left to reimagine in our 2026 Spring Project - join the call and recompose a field recording, helping us to remix the world, one sound at a time: citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/spri...
Happy to be accepted in this project and currently working on my contribution…
🏆 We’ve won an award! I was honoured to be presented with the Grand Prix from the Académie Charles Cros in Paris last night for “parole enregistrée, documents et créations sonores”.
A special shout out and dedication to our community of 2,500 artists around the world, who all share a piece of this award with us. Merci a tous! ❤️🎧
These awards have been running since 1948 and the grands prix have been won by the likes of Eliane Radigue, Buddy Guy, Angelique Kidjo and, erm, Jimi Hendrix so we’re in good company.
🏆 We’ve won an award! I was honoured to be presented with the Grand Prix from the Académie Charles Cros in Paris last night for “parole enregistrée, documents et créations sonores”.
Meet the infinity gong! @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social introduces us to this marvel, and what this means for listening in terms of how you approach an instrument, or a situation. Listening is about introducing yourself with care and attention, whether it’s to a gong, or to another person.
For our latest project Ways of Listening, we’re looking for your creative responses about what listening means to you - so what could the infinity gong tell you about the way that YOU approach listening? citiesandmemory.com/listening/
Meet the infinity gong! @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social introduces us to this marvel, and what this means for listening in terms of how you approach an instrument, or a situation. Listening is about introducing yourself with care and attention, whether it’s to a gong, or to another person.
What can humble recycled plastic bottles teach us about listening? @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social walks us through the amazing home-made flair drum, and how it encourages us to listen to the household items that surround us every day for a “myriad of different sound colours”.
Looking for a creative challenge? 🎧💖
There are just under 100 recordings left to reimagine in our 2026 Spring Project - join the call and recompose a field recording, helping us to remix the world, one sound at a time: citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/spri...
Could your response to our Ways of Listening project make use of simple everyday items in a new way? Find out more about how to get involved with our brilliant project with The Evelyn Glennie Foundation: citiesandmemory.com/listening/
What can humble recycled plastic bottles teach us about listening? @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social walks us through the amazing home-made flair drum, and how it encourages us to listen to the household items that surround us every day for a “myriad of different sound colours”.
Feeling inspired? Choose from more than 100 remaining recordings to reimagine in our Spring Project, open until June: citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/spri...
The Spring Project 2026 is well under way, with some excellent pieces already in, including from the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Aegean waves in Greece, crickets in Ghana and an emergency alarm in Oxford. Find them all on our sound map: citiesandmemory.com/spring-proje...
Calls to prayer are among my favourite recordings, each one with its own personality but all affecting in their own way, and a challenge to record and treat with the respect they demand and deserve.
New on the sound map! 🗺️🎧 A wonderful reimagined version of this recording I made at Marrakesh’s beautiful Koutoubia mosque, reworked by Jeff Dungfelder - hear all the newest additions here: citiesandmemory.com/spring-proje...
Open call for artists! More than 200 field recordings from all over the world for you to reimagine and recompose, in the Cities and Memory Spring Project! 🌼🎧
Find out more and select your sound: citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/spri...
Open call for artists! More than 200 field recordings from all over the world for you to reimagine and recompose, in the Cities and Memory Spring Project! 🌼🎧
Find out more and select your sound: citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/spri...
// Opportunity - open for submissions until 19 June 2026.
Great residency opportunity via @ocmevents.bsky.social for anyone working with sound in the context of outdoor works.
Applications now open for Base Frequencies - looks interesting!
ocmevents.org/whats-on/bas...
Not sure what you mean? Just pop an email to stuart AT citiesandmemory DOT com and I'll send over the details!
It’s that time of year again – we’re excited to launch the 2026 Spring Project, an open call for artists all over the world! 🍃
If you’ve not taken part before, twice every year we open the Cities and Memory sound database, sharing the latest recordings for you to reimagine and recompose.
Kick your Monday off with this uplifting excerpt from our Century of Sounds project by Daniel Chudley-Le Corre.
Based on a recording of a sapeh (three-stringed lute) from Sarawak, Malaysia in the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social sound collection, Daniel builds it into this fist-pumping guitar anthem.
The first full Cities and Memory live show of the year, captured in some terrific photos by Ian Hanham. Excellent to share a stage with @warringtonruncorn.com and thanks to @divineschism.bsky.social for hosting us.
