Hull Soundwalks (2006-7) was a Resound project encompassing an audio guided walk through the city centre, an exhibition called Overheard and a publication, Walking Past. Resound developed the Hull Soundwalks project in response to the regeneration and development taking place in the city of Hull and the need to involve local people and their experiences of their city. The heart of the project was a route which went from the Paragon railway station, through the historic centre of the city, to Victoria Pier. Resound recorded the memories of over forty people and an audio guide was made. Audiences then took the walk with a guide, wore headphones and listened to the words of the people who lived and worked in the city.
Overheard was an exhibition at ARC (the regional architecture centre) in 2006. It was an opportunity to allow people to listen to more memories as well as a display of personal photographs and archive film. The exhibition responded to the building itself, with photographs printed on large acrylic sheets and placed in the sloping roof of the building, turning the place into a lightbox. The exhibition also worked with FeONIC, to use their audio technology which turned flat surface such as windows into speakers. A number of the acrylic panels which had photographs printed on them were used in this way hanging in the space, with the audience ‘listening’ to the pictures.


