Soundcamp
SC are an arts cooperative based at Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe. We work on transmission ecologies from DIY broadcasting devices to public sound and radio projects. As part of the Acoustic Commons network, we coordinate the long-form radio broadcast Reveil (2014—), and a series of sound and ecology events (soundcamps) on Dawn Chorus day each year.
Current projects include REVEIL 10 over 6 to 7 May 2023; Between moons, a Cultural Bridge project with Radio Otherwise / Archipel Stations, and Listening Academy (London Summer 2023 edition) with Lucia Farinati and Brandon LaBelle.
SC have been part of the Creative Europe small cooperation project: Acoustic Commons (2020—22) in partnership with arts organisations in Europe and Japan. Recent projects include l a g with Kate Donovan for Sonic Acts (10/22), As if radio.. at COP26 Glasgow, Meet Me On The Radio with Hannah Kemp-Welch and the Deptford Albany, Biosphere Open Microphones (BIOM – with Leah Barclay and Biosphere Soundscapes) and PITCH, a portable auditorium designed and built by Public Works and Michael Speers.
SC have worked between very local and (inter)national scales with some 12,600 artists, 189,100 listeners and a live audience of 35,650. We do R&D and offer expertise in environmental, sound and transmission art and participatory technologies. We set up events, workshops and creative technical exchanges as part of a situated practice supported by Creative Europe, ACE, HLF and local funders.
For a full list of activities, please see News.
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Reveil
is a 24 +1 hour live radio programme, assembled and broadcast from a temporary station at Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe. This is also the site of the longest running soundcamp. Real time streams are supplied by contributors around the world at daybreak. The primary feed is hosted by Wave Farm in the Upper Hudson Valley, New York, and aired by our UK broadcast partners Resonance FM / Extra in London UK and a collection of FM and netradio stations.
Read an evaluative piece by Ella Finer on Reveil 2020, in the AC Library.
For a full list of projects, please see: News.
Organisation
Soundcamp CIC is an artist cooperative with directors / members:
Christine Bramwell
Mort Drew
Dawn Scarfe
Grant Smith self-noise.net
Hannah Kemp-Welch
Kirsty Collander Brown
Maria Papadomanolaki voice sound text
Max Baraitser Smith (Code)
Sam Baraitser Smith (Design)
Sasha Baraitser Smith
Our broadcast partners since we started have been:
Wave Farm WGXC in Acra, Upper Hudson Valley, NY (USA)
Resonance Radio / Extra in London (UK)
We work closely with:
Ky Lewis (Photography)
Luke Saunders (Web Development)
Colin Sackett - Uniformbooks
Paula Baraitser (of course)
We are grateful for support and advice since early on from:
Gordon Hempton