Stuart Fowkes 🇺🇦

Creator of global field recording & sound art project @citiesandmemory | Head of Comms @BHRRC | I still have a flame gun for the cute ones.

[Stuart Fowkes 🇺🇦 @stuartfowkes]

Here are my top 20 albums from 2024. Which albums made your list?

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

Albums of the year 2024! It’s time for our tenth (!) annual roundup of our favourite releases of the year. These are the records that lit up our year- but which came out on top?

https://t.co/T1thya2PA3

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Really excited to be a partner for next year's @sound_awards! 🏆🎧

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

We're thrilled to be partnering with @sound_awards in 2025 for their brand new category Sound of the City. Looking forward to hearing all of your amazing urban sounds! 🌆🎧

More about these brilliant awards here: https://t.co/hrZzkr0naZ

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

Watch the highlights of our sound installation at the amazing @Pitt_Rivers museum, and a fascinating panel discussion on using sound to explore migration. Thanks especially to all the contributing artists who helped make the project a success. We love you all 💖 @COMPAS_oxford

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

What do the most famous sights in the world sound like? 🏛️🎧

Submit your recordings of any UNESCO World Heritage site or item of intangible heritage before the end of the year to be part of our next major global sound project, covering tourism, preservation and sonic cultureWhat do the most famous sights in the world sound like? 🏛️🎧

Submit your recordings of any UNESCO World Heritage site or item of intangible heritage before the end of the year to be part of our next major global sound project, covering tourism, preservation and sonic cultureWhat do the most famous sights in the world sound like? 🏛️🎧

Submit your recordings of any UNESCO World Heritage site or item of intangible heritage before the end of the year to be part of our next major global sound project, covering tourism, preservation and sonic culture!

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An extensive interview I did with @cbc on the use of sound to offer new angles on the migration debate:

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

LISTEN - tune in to this extensive feature on Migration Sounds from @CBC Radio, in which @stuartfowkes goes deep on how we can use sound to offer new perspectives on social issues, and what the project can tell us about migration. https://t.co/Ywa8SuRvDK @COMPAS_oxford

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Very proud to have these three amazing @citiesandmemory events coming up this month!

The first is a three-day installation at the amazing @Pitt_Rivers museum from Wednesday to Friday - if you're in or around Oxford, come along to experience the Migration Sounds project 🌎🎧

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

📣Three Cities and Memory live events coming up in Oxford in November! 📣

We have a Migration Sounds installation and discussion event at @Pitt_Rivers, a special Migration Sounds live event at @thestorymuseum, and a full Cities and Memory live show at @FusionArtsOx 🎧�📣Three Cities and Memory live events coming up in Oxford in November! 📣

We have a Migration Sounds installation and discussion event at @Pitt_Rivers, a special Migration Sounds live event at @thestorymuseum, and a full Cities and Memory live show at @FusionArtsOx 🎧�📣Three Cities and Memory live events coming up in Oxford in November! 📣

We have a Migration Sounds installation and discussion event at @Pitt_Rivers, a special Migration Sounds live event at @thestorymuseum, and a full Cities and Memory live show at @FusionArtsOx 🎧🌎

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

📣Three Cities and Memory live events coming up in Oxford in November! 📣

We have a Migration Sounds installation and discussion event at @Pitt_Rivers, a special Migration Sounds live event at @thestorymuseum, and a full Cities and Memory live show at @FusionArtsOx 🎧�📣Three Cities and Memory live events coming up in Oxford in November! 📣

We have a Migration Sounds installation and discussion event at @Pitt_Rivers, a special Migration Sounds live event at @thestorymuseum, and a full Cities and Memory live show at @FusionArtsOx 🎧�📣Three Cities and Memory live events coming up in Oxford in November! 📣

We have a Migration Sounds installation and discussion event at @Pitt_Rivers, a special Migration Sounds live event at @thestorymuseum, and a full Cities and Memory live show at @FusionArtsOx 🎧🌎

[Stuart Fowkes 🇺🇦 @stuartfowkes]

Cities and Memory live event 1 of 3 in November 💗🎧

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

📢 Migration Sounds is transforming into a live event this November!

Join us at the iconic @Pitt_Rivers museum in Oxford for an immersive audio installation capturing the experience of migration through sound plus a conversation event: https://t.co/qEmzN4kElg @COMPAS_oxford

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

📢 We’re delighted to announce our next major project Sonic Heritage - and we’re looking for recordings and artists to take part!

The project will explore the sounds of the world’s most famous sights, asking questions around tourism and identity 🌎 🎧 https://t.co/875xUgKnrp

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In-depth interview with me on sound, the environment, sonic activism and more in issue 1 of @ambientreceiver 👀

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

We're honoured to be among the contributors to the first edition of @ambientreceiver, a journal of creative ecologies, focused on creative practice as a means to attune to the environment.

Read the Cities and Memory interview: https://t.co/jzHytauYXo

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

We’re incredibly proud to launch our latest project Migration Sounds today, in partnership with @COMPAS_oxford. The world's first collection of the sounds of human migration, it covers 51 countries and uses sound to reframe the migration conversation 🌏🎧 https://t.co/6v8U2ZEpGs

[Stuart Fowkes 🇺🇦 @stuartfowkes]

Proud to launch what is possibly the most ambitious Cities and Memory project to date - so many amazing sounds and stories on such an important subject.

Please do take a few minutes to listen if you can.

[Stuart Fowkes 🇺🇦 @stuartfowkes]

Proud to launch what is possibly the most ambitious Cities and Memory project to date - so many amazing sounds and stories on such an important subject.

Please do take a few minutes to listen if you can.

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

We’re incredibly proud to launch our latest project Migration Sounds today, in partnership with @COMPAS_oxford. The world's first collection of the sounds of human migration, it covers 51 countries and uses sound to reframe the migration conversation 🌏🎧 https://t.co/6v8U2ZEpGs

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

Coming TOMORROW!

Migration Sounds is the first ever collection of the sounds of human migration - all recomposed and reimagined by artists from all over the world.

120 amazing human stories. 120 brilliant compositions.

16.09.24. Spread the word. 🎧 🛂

[Stuart Fowkes 🇺🇦 @stuartfowkes]

@O2SBE Hello, do you have stage times for this evening's Einstuerzende Neubauten show, please?

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@Laica23 Hello! It could be your connection, or a glitch on Google Forms, but you could email over via WeTransfer the files and all the additional info like location and description to Stuart AT citiesandmemory DOT com instead if it's still not working!

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

Coming up this Thursday - the annual Cities and Memory artist meetup in London. An informal social for anyone who has taken part or just has an interest in sound and would like to meet some like-minded people.
All welcome and feel free to bring friends!
https://t.co/oCIfKPAvQ5

[Oxford Anthropology @oxford_anthro]

We can't wait to hear the outcomes of this project exploring the sounds of human #migration and settlement!
Mark your calendars 📅⬇️ @COMPAS_oxford @citiesandmemory

[Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) @citiesandmemory]

Launching on 16 September - Migration Sounds, the world's first collection of the sounds of human migration, recomposed and reimagined by artists.

An incredible project that is the result of a year-long partnership between Cities and Memory and @COMPAS_oxford at @UniofOxfordLaunching on 16 September - Migration Sounds, the world's first collection of the sounds of human migration, recomposed and reimagined by artists.

An incredible project that is the result of a year-long partnership between Cities and Memory and @COMPAS_oxford at @UniofOxford: