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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The second live event in the series, at #Osmington Village Hall in #Dorset, near to the location where John Constable drew 'Weymouth Bay, Osmington' in October 1816. Artist, lecturer and researcher @louisekwilson.bsky.social will be presenting her newly created work. It's 3-5pm, and tickets are £5.

Poster for event in Dorset featuring 'Weymouth Bay, Osmington' drawn by John Constable in 1816

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The first event in a series of six featuring newly commissioned performances by the excellent Angela Hui Wai Nok, Louise K Wilson, Kate Carr and Simon Scott. Matthew Shenton and myself kick off the proceedings at Cuckoo Farm, Colchester on 17th May X #afternoongigs #johnconstable

A poster design for a concert using Constable's The Hay Wain (with permission).

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

There is a new blog post and #fieldrecording up on our website relation to the site of 'Landscape Near East Bergholt: evening' painted by Constable in 1812. You can hear a 20 minute excerpt of audio on the Stuart Bowditch podcast feed. www.constableambisonic.co.uk/blog #Constable250 #stormdave

A sunset over a field in East Bergholt, Suffolk.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

There are two new #fieldrecordings made recently in the #dedhamvale over on our Soundcloud page (20 minute excerpts) and Youtube channel (hour long film), both of which heavily feature beautiful #skylarks on.soundcloud.com/h3pCxf67oNuw... youtube.com/@ConstableAm...

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Had a very useful trip to Hampstead to record 'Hampstead Heath looking towards Harrow' on the same day and time as Constable did, just 204 years later. I also visited his former house in Well Walk and grave at St.John's. #johnconstable

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The front that is just visible in the distance over the roof tops is moving away from us. It brought a stormy shower with some thunder. In front of it was the warm air of summer and behind it, and here now, was the cooler air of #autumn. It arrived between 15:30 and 16:00 on 11th September.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Spent an hour recording the soundscape of St.Botolph's Priory in Colchester this morning, in response to John Constable's drawing of the same ruins in 1809. All will be shared soon. X . . #fieldrecording #johnconstable #colchester #painting #drawing #listening #stbotolphspriory

The ruins of St.Botoloh's Priory in Colchester on a sunny late summers morning.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Made an #ambisonic recording of the location of John Constable's 'Willy Lott's Cottage' this afternoon and it was bliss immersing my self in the environs of Flatford Mill. Keep an eye on the YouTube channel. X . . #fieldrecording #johnconstable #flatford #painting #listening #willylottscottage

Willy Lott's Cottage, made famous by John Constable's painting, on a late summers day by the River Stour.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Today I recorded the location of Constable's 'Stoke-by-Nayland' painting c1811. Long form #slowtv audio and image will be up on the project YouTube soon X

A microphone on a stand with St.Marys at Stoke-by-Nayland in the background.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

The last weekend of 'Air Show' at Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester, Essex, featuring 'Cloud Study #03' from the Constable Ambisonic project X

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I tested my new @reynolds_microphones A-Type 4 ambisonic #microphone beside the #riverstour. A new short about my activities is up on YouTube and a longer form film will follow soon X youtube.com/shorts/Mlozf...

On a summers day, a microphone in a fluffy windshield on a tripod next to the River Stour with a couple of cows on the meadows on the opposite bank.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Cloud Study #03 is on YouTube now. It was recorded Friday evening on the meadows at Flatford in 'Constable Country'. youtu.be/kPrloY36w30

It was Friday evening and the working week had just finished. Ahh. As the clouds were looking particularly active and varied, I drove over to #Flatford for a couple of hours to wind down. When I got there the sun was bright and low, but some high thin cloud drifted across the landscape during the time I shot this film. A herd of young cows grazing on the #meadows came up behind me but were camera shy so headed away again. They did however occupy the place where I was after I had left (cause and effect). The crane flies are very active at this time of year. The big wooden kissing gates have strong springs on them and most people let them shut loudly.

Sitting on my tiny chair amongst the nettles and buttercups, listening, writing, there didn't seem to be a huge amount of #birds active but the Merlin Bird app informed me otherwise. In this recording you can hear Goldcrest, Great Crested Grebe, Skylark, Blackcap, Jackdaw, Pheasant, Coot, Greenfinch, Mallard, Song Thrush, Wood Pigeon, Mute Swan, Cuckoo, Chaffinch, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, Wren, Canada Goose, Dunnock, Gadwall, Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Magpie, House Martin, Blackbird and Robin.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I have a new film that was made on a footpath leading up the hill from Fen Bridge Lane in East Bergholt on a lovely warm sunny afternoon. It is approximately the view featured in 'The Cornfield', painted between January and March in 1826 by John Constable. #blueskymonday #birds youtu.be/Qf3QHjetSD4

A microphone with a large windshield in a field with short grass.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Whilst making #fieldrecordings whether in urban or rural environments, it's good practice to be as quiet as one can, in order to not record yourself, but also to be more aware of your surroundings. A new Short is now up on youtube.com/shorts/nAYOd...

Willy Lott's house, as made famous by painter John Constable, in the clear blue spring sky.

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Out in the Dedham Vale again filming Cloud Studies. Keep an eye on our YouTube channel for the results 🤎

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Constable Ambisonic @constableambisonic.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Cloud Study #1 is now up on our YouTube channel #slowtv youtube.com/@ConstableAm...

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