t_h_reading the labyrinth By Debbie Kent | City Sonic Placces by Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice

Audio Walk at City Sonic Places Symposium
2 Feb 2018

T_h_reading the labyrinth is an audio walk tracing the mesh of historic pathways that lie beneath the traffic system outside the College. On 2 February it will be just over two years since the last entrance to the pedestrian subway at Elephant & Castle was blocked and the tunnel system below the roundabout sealed for ever. Yet the “Bend” which has replaced the old roundabout remains the site of gridlock and accidents. In t_h_reading the labyrinth, listeners – paying due respect to the 21st‑century gods of health & safety by only ever crossing on the green man – walk as far as possible the circuit of the old labyrinth above ground. Interspersed with a collage of sounds recorded in various other tunnels below London, the voice of Ariadne gently forges connections between the listener and the passages beneath their feet, reading, treading and re‑threading an ancient subterranean network beneath the city and attempting to rekindle its power.

Audio players & headphones, together with a map will be available from LCC reception.

http://www.crisap.org/research/projects/city-sonic-places-experiencing-the-urban-soundscape/