Sound and the City (Natural History Museum)

Imagining the future soundscape of the city. Researchers from across disciplines explore the rapidly changing urban soundscape — how do the sounds around us affect our daily life? What might a futuristic city sound like? An interactive listening experience exploring the impact that the sounds around us can have on our health, wellbeing and sense of place. Sound and the City installation was exhibited as part of the Universities Week at the Natural History Museum between June 9 — 11, 2014. Curated by James Bulley Produced by Ozden Şahin Sound design by Emmanuel Spinelli Prof. Sean Cubitt Professor of Film and Television at the Department of Media and Communications Dr. Georgina Hosang Lecturer in the Department of Psychology Dr. Anja Kanngieser Lecturer in the Department of Sociology Prof. Atau Tanaka Professor of Media Computing Dr. John Drever Senior Lecturer in Composition and Head of the Unit for Sound Practice Research (SPR) at the Department of Music Graphic design by Patrick Fry Table design for the sound installation by Jailmake Web development by Daniel Jones With gratitude to Bowers and Wilkins, Mogees, Liz Hutchinson, Joanna Kindeberg, Universities Week, and the Natural History Museum.