Live stream: ravenglass_the_estuary.ogg
Ravenglass Estuary, Cumbria, UK
RL Wilson
Latitude: +54.3643677804415°
Longitude: -3.441208088637261°
The Ravenglass estuary is an acoustically diverse and transformative area that sits across two sites of special scientific interest and contains a majestic array of natural and industrial sounds, twenty-four hours a day.
Stream box built by RL Wilson and Full of Noises.
Stream box built by RL Wilson and Full of Noises.
The Cumbrian coastal setting is rich in both its sonic properties and its biodiversity where huge migratory and resident bird populations have ample food and shelter. Its tidal mouth is fed by saltwater from the Irish sea, and freshwater from its three rivers - the Esk, Irt, and Mite - collected from the Lake Districts' highest mountains.
The dynamic ecosystem is also surrounded by various nuclear and military-industrialised sites, which are also significantly present, contributing to the multiple and complex sonic activators audible through the stream.
More context to the research and practice undertaken here can be found in the document The Ear to the Estuary; Regrounding Rural Tourism through Art Practice,
https://researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/the-ear-to-the-estuary-regrounding-rural-tourism-through-art-prac/
RL Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in west Cumbria.
He works with live, embedded processes responding to specific sites or envionments, with outcomes including moving image, sound, performance, and the written word.
Wilson hosts RE Drift; an open platform for artists, researchers, and ecologists to meet and make work responding to west Cumbria.
http://redrift.net/rl-wilson/
Full of Noises are an arts organisation in Barrow in Furness platforming experimental sound art and new music.
https://www.fonfestival.org/