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Claire Prosser•clairelprosser.podbean.com

Audio edits taken from conversations with Boscombe Community about how they experience, observe and describe a place they live and breathe everyday.

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Episodes

Chasing Sputnik- Quay Arts

Meeting the Moon is a spoken word sound piece responding to the theme of the Chasing Sputnik exhibition at Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight. A human being is trying to hold a conversation with something so unfathomably extra terrestrial. The delayed echo draws attention to the distance, we are so far apart but long to know more about the world beyond the ground we stand on.

Nov 13, 2014•5 min

Relevant information- Royal Arcade Man - 2 mins 45 secs

An excerpt from a series of conversations had with local residents of Boscombe. How do people experience a place, what is relevant to them, what memories are held and how do they affect our present experience?

Nov 13, 2014•3 min

Claire - Vita Nova Writing workshop (1min50secs)

Instruction 1 : Describe a familiar journey. Instruction 2: Over describe part of that journey.

Apr 20, 2014•2 min

Lamp-post (51secs)

In this podcast, Barbara tries to explain how she knows that the lampost is there. How would you intepret your surroundings while relying on your other four senses?l

Apr 20, 2014•51 sec

Bus journey (1min 9 secs)

In this podcast Claire and Barbara are talking on the bus. Barbara, although completely blind, is evidently more observant than Claire.

Apr 20, 2014•1 min

Cutting Across the Precinct (55secs)

In this podcast, there are three in the conversation. It makes you think about the ease and difficulty of movement for different people within the same space. Boscombe Precinct can be a death trap.

Apr 18, 2014•55 sec

Stop and listen to Boscombe Sovereign Centre

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. In this podcast Barbara encourages me to close my eyes and take in the Sovereign Centre through my sense of hearing.

Apr 15, 2014•2 min

Landmarking the Precinct

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This conversation identifies how Barbara landmarks her way through the busy Precinct

Apr 15, 2014•8 min

Drains used as Landmarks

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This is a conversation with Barbara about how drains help her to perceive and be aware of her movement/direction.

Apr 14, 2014•52 sec

Clothes Shopping

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This is a conversation with Barbara about how she perceives and decides what she likes and doesn't like while clothes shopping

Apr 14, 2014•7 min

Colour

Apr 09, 2014•1 min

Making our way back

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This is conversation with Barbara evolves as we are about to head back. She tells me her route in know where to find the crossing and the landmarks that seem irrelevant and just objects, are so relevant and useful for her.

Apr 09, 2014•4 min

Navigating Home

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This is a conversation with Barbara as we return from a trip into Boscombe. She tells me how she observes a space well enough with her four senses in order for her to seamlessly navigate her way home.

Apr 09, 2014•2 min

21. Alarm

Audio edits from conversations with local residents of Boscombe see how they move around, observe and sense a space through action and memory. In this podcast Claire Prosser landmarks the sound in the Sovereign Centre.

Apr 05, 2014•13 sec

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