Lockdown Sound Walk

2021

Commissioned by:

sound for British Art Show 9

The Lockdown Sound Walk is a 30-40 minute guided sound walk around Aberdeen. Using the SonicMaps site on any browser on a mobile device, users are guided along the route and on reaching various zones around the city, can follow text on the screen and listen to sounds recorded during lockdown, which are triggered via GPS.

The route starts outside the Art Gallery and encompasses to The Globe, The Music Hall , Bridge Street/Union Street/Union Terrace junction, Primark, St Nicholas Centre, Schoolhill Rainbow Steps, Belmont Street, finishing again at the Art Gallery.