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Singing with Bridges sound walk
This is a self directed experience to enjoy my favourite spot in London for singing with bridges.
Bromley-by-bow is an intersection of pathways - industrial, urban, and natural. In just this short walk there is a rich soundscape, culminating in intensity under the bridge .
Take your time and listen to the rhythm and find your place in it. And when you do, sing along.
Sound walk instructions
Before you start walking
Turn off your phone.
If you are with people, don’t talk to each other, just take in the sounds, smells, colours. Follow the directions.
When you reach the bridge
Stand quietly under the bridge and wait for a train. Listen to it approach, and go by overhead.
Listen to a couple more, silently take in the minutes and the sounds around you between each train. Then when you’re ready...
As the next train passes overhead sing out with it! Or choose how you want to respond.
When the train has passed, be silent and wait for the next one.
Sing along to a few trains to really get a feel for it.
As the train goes overhead...
You can engage however you like...
Just listen and hum.
Can you harmonise with it?
Sing/shout out!
Listen to a pre-recorded voice - put one headphone on and press play to join other voices as the train goes by.
Record yourself ( and send the recording to me to add to the voices of Singing with Bridges).
Write down the answer later to “How does it make you feel?”
Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash
Only press play when the train goes over.
https://soundcloud.com/marg-laing/sets/singing-bridges-soundwalk-voices
Directions & map
1 Turn left as you exit the Bromley-on-Bow station
2 Use the underpass to cross the big road
3 Walk until you see the Tesco (not far)
4 Turn right at the Tesco and walk straight til you hit the canal - you will see the Three Mills.
5 Turn right along the canal and the bridge is dead ahead.
See it on googlemaps here
About Singing with Bridges
There’s a juxtaposition in the city where you can see the human design yet it has a life beyond our control. We are involved yet superfluous. There is order imposed, but simultaneously we might be swept away by chaos.
The city is in flux but within the tumult there is flow. Those moments of sync can be joyous, or cathartic. A time to appreciate and participate in the gigantic rhythm of the living machine. Singing along is an response to the song that surrounds you, harmonising or discord.
This is a context inviting you to engage with your place, space and voice in the city.
Singing with Bridges is an interactive sound project by Marg Laing. Marg is a London-based sound artist working with field recordings and human interventions to create soundscapes and experiences.
Press play just as the train goes overhead.