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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Our latest Artist Spotlight is on Bristol-based composer and musician Tim Saul, a member of hip hop duo Earthling who’s inspired by Sakamoto, samplers and seagulls. Read the full interview: citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/tim-...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Calling Oxfordshire artists, bands and musicians - this project is for you! We're teaming up with @museumofoxford.bsky.social to present a unique live show bringing together the sounds of Oxford itself with the talent of its musicians and artists: citiesandmemory.com/sounds-city-...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"I recall listening to the hums in my house as a child, and other times escaping into some of my favourite soundscapes, wind in the treetops, waves at the beach, rain falling on leaves, or a tent." Our Artist Spotlight turns on Toronto musician Michelle Breslin: citiesandmemory.com/2025/07/arti...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Thanks to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social for having Cities and Memory on her BBC 6music show this weekend - it was great to chat about disappearing sounds and the relationships between sound and memory, and spin a few favourite tunes. Listen again here (from c. 1hr in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Together, we will create a long-form sound installation that expresses the essence of “sanctuary” – where sanctuary can be found, how it sounds, and what it feels like. The final work will be presented in the Schwarzman Centre Black Box, as an accompaniment to Edmund de Waal’s another hour.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

On Saturday 28 November, writer and artist Edmund de Waal will be curating a very special Day of Psalms as part of the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford’s Cultural Programme, and Cities and Memory artists are invited to take part in a special commission as part of the event.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We’re super excited to bring you our latest open call - we’re working with Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre and artist Edmund de Waal, and we’d love to invite you to join a new commission called Sanctuary. This is a limited paid commission with just 20 spaces: citiesandmemory.com/sanctuary/

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thanks to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social for hosting Cities and Memory, our collection of sounds and our musical tracks of choice on today’s @bbc6music.bsky.social show. It was a blast! 🎧💕

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Meet Swedish composer and sound artist Stefan Klaverdal from Angelholm, whose piano-led tracks have graced multiple Cities and Memory projects. Read the full interview: citiesandmemory.com/2025/06/arti...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“For me music is all about the combination of a story being told and the emotions that are invoked, like in opera or music theatre, I think I need a story to hang the music on.” citiesandmemory.com/2025/06/arti...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thanks to @wallpapermag.bsky.social for an interview filled with super interesting questions, going in depth on our mission to “turn the world’s everyday sounds into a global artwork”. www.wallpaper.com/travel/citie...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Can you spare ten minutes to have your say on how Cities and Memory is doing, and where we take the project next? Every summer we run a community survey to ask you all how you use Cities and Memory and how we can make it better. Please fill it in if you can! 💕 bit.ly/CMsurvey26

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

How did fence posts end up being played at the Olympics opening ceremony? @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social talks us through the story of the wonderful aluphone, and how it encourages us to think of sound as a food diet.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT to apply for our Metropolis project! 🏙️🤖 The first crowdsourced soundtrack to this cinematic landmark marks its 100th anniversary as we bring the sonic techniques of 2027 to this 1927 icon. There are 72 spaces on the project - find out more and apply: citiesandmemory.com/metropolis

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The amazing NTS Radio are running a one-hour special on our Century of Sounds project with @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social. You can tune in live at 12pm UK time on Friday 22 May on NTS 2: www.nts.live/shows/guests...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Just 1️⃣ month left to enter your submission to Ways of Listening ❤️🎧 Here, Evelyn and Stuart talk about the amazing submissions we’ve already received (many of which are on display at City Lit) and why we’re so excited about where this project might take the conversation about listening:

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

There’s just ONE MONTH left to take part in our groundbreaking Ways of Listening project with @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social - the deadline for entries is Friday 1️⃣9️⃣ June ⏳ citiesandmemory.com/listening/

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The project will launch on 10 January 2027, the 100th anniversary of the film’s world premiere in Berlin, with special premiere screenings in December 2025. It's a first for Cities and Memory, and a first for Metropolis - so get involved: citiesandmemory.com/metropolis/

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This will be the first ever crowdsourced soundtrack for Metropolis, and through randomised combinations we will present a total of 1,296 possible soundtracks to this iconic film, with each artist soundtracking a different scene from the movie.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Open call for artists! 🤖 Our latest major project is the first ever crowdsourced soundtrack to the all-time classic film Metropolis. To mark the 100th anniversary, we are inviting artists to contribute to a special soundtrack with more than 1,000 combinations. citiesandmemory.com/metropolis/

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Something exciting is coming from Cities and Memory on Monday - make sure you’re on the email list to hear about our latest major project first 👀 citiesandmemory.com/sign-up

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

What is the relationship between photography and sound? In today’s visually-dominated culture, how can we use sound to respond to what we see around us? I love how this project brought together photographers and sound artists in such an interesting way, responding with a huge depth of imagination.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy 8️⃣th birthday (!) to one of my personal favourite projects, Sound Photography! 🔊📸 Sound Photography was the biggest ever worldwide artistic interaction between photographers and sound artists, covering 34 countries with sound pieces inspired by photographs. citiesandmemory.com/sound-photog...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

What can the incredible frame gong teach us about how to listen better in our everyday lives? @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social and Stuart from talk about how this amazing instrument responds best to subtlety and curiosity - and how we can apply those principles to listening to other people.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

You can hear the results by heading to citiesandmemory.com/flow 🌊

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Researchers at the University of Padua and the University of Würzburg collected satellite images, research, photography and field recordings from the entire length of the river, and asked artists to reimagine the life of the river through sound.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Flow combines science, sound, and imagery to bring to life the story of the river Lech, which flows through Austria and Germany, as an example representing all rivers, all over the world.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We’re excited to present our latest project to the world today, as Flow is presented at the EGU general assembly in Vienna. Working with the University of Padova and the University of Würzburg, Flow tells the story of a river through sound, from its source to its end: citiesandmemory.com/flow/

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🎧💕 A special Cities and Memory collaboration with Cristina Marras to share today with you all - here's a piece called Life Glitches we worked on for the Spring Project, from Oldenburg, Germany: map.citiesandmemory.com/maps/point/3...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚 To mark this global celebration, we've updated our essential guide to books on sound. From field recording bibles to meditations on listening and works that have opened creative doors for us, we hope you'll find something to inspire you! citiesandmemory.com/2015/03/seve...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Here’s a special message from @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social, as there are now just TWO MONTHS left to take part in our project Ways of Listening. Over the past few months, with so many submissions already sent in, Ways of Listening has grown into something rich, surprising, and deeply human.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

🚨 Two months to go! 🚨 You have until 19 June to answer one simple question - what does listening mean to you? Ways of Listening - a partnership between with @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social - is a global callout for artists to create a conversation around listening. citiesandmemory.com/listening/

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

These awards have been running since 1948 and the grands prix have been won by the likes of Eliane Radigue, Buddy Guy, Angelique Kidjo and, erm, Jimi Hendrix so we’re in good company.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🏆 We’ve won an award! I was honoured to be presented with the Grand Prix from the Académie Charles Cros in Paris last night for “parole enregistrée, documents et créations sonores”.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Meet the infinity gong! @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social introduces us to this marvel, and what this means for listening in terms of how you approach an instrument, or a situation. Listening is about introducing yourself with care and attention, whether it’s to a gong, or to another person.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

What can humble recycled plastic bottles teach us about listening? @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social walks us through the amazing home-made flair drum, and how it encourages us to listen to the household items that surround us every day for a “myriad of different sound colours”.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

New on the sound map! 🗺️🎧 A wonderful reimagined version of this recording I made at Marrakesh’s beautiful Koutoubia mosque, reworked by Jeff Dungfelder - hear all the newest additions here: citiesandmemory.com/spring-proje...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Open call for artists! More than 200 field recordings from all over the world for you to reimagine and recompose, in the Cities and Memory Spring Project! 🌼🎧 Find out more and select your sound: citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/spri...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Great residency opportunity via @ocmevents.bsky.social for anyone working with sound in the context of outdoor works. Applications now open for Base Frequencies - looks interesting! ocmevents.org/whats-on/bas...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Kick your Monday off with this uplifting excerpt from our Century of Sounds project by Daniel Chudley-Le Corre. Based on a recording of a sapeh (three-stringed lute) from Sarawak, Malaysia in the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social sound collection, Daniel builds it into this fist-pumping guitar anthem.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The first full Cities and Memory live show of the year, captured in some terrific photos by Ian Hanham. Excellent to share a stage with @warringtonruncorn.com and thanks to @divineschism.bsky.social for hosting us.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

It’s a chance to be part of our mission to remix the world, one sound at a time – and a great creative challenge to work with sound in a new, open and interesting way. This spring, there are 200+ recordings to choose from, covering 38 countries. Get involved! citiesandmemory.com/2026/03/spri...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

It’s that time of year again – we’re excited to launch the 2026 Spring Project, an open call for artists all over the world! 🍃 If you’ve not taken part before, twice every year we open the Cities and Memory sound database, sharing the latest recordings for you to reimagine and recompose.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Truly, huge thanks and gratitude from me to every contributing artist - not just for the Century of Sounds event, but for continuing to bring your enormous talents to Cities and Memory over the years.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It was special for me to put faces to names, to have the chance to meet in person, and to feel a genuine sense of a worldwide artistic community coming together. That’s what ten years of work on Cities and Memory has been building towards, and it’s worth every moment.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It was because contributing artists came not just from all over the UK, but as far afield as Japan, the USA, Spain and Italy just to be part of this - and because connections were formed, friendships were made and future collaborations were seeded.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This was one of the biggest days in the history of Cities and Memory - and not just because we took over the entire @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social, at which we demonstrated the amazing creativity & talent of Cities and Memory artists, or showed the careful reflection that goes into every composition.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

More highlights to come, including live videos and podcasts from the night - but for now check out all 100 contributions over at citiesandmemory.com/century-soun...

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Musical instrument playing from the museum's collections and samplers loaded with sounds from the project to create your own remix...

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