In April 2024, Martin Scaiff joined Suffolk Libraries as Environmentalist in Residence and began a six-month walking journey, connecting all 45 of Suffolk's library venues, and collecting sound recordings along the way.
This event
invites professionals to participate in a shared listening
experience and hear Martin reflect on his participation in a
residency with Suffolk Libraries. Martin will explain how he developed the Seconds of Sound audio library and shared his expertise in
environmental sound with every day people arriving at the library.
Intended audience
This event is recommended for people working, volunteering in and/or supporting public sector industries such as education, arts & culture, environmental, health & social care.
Event format
About Martin Scaiff
Martin Scaiff is a field-recordist and teacher. In 2016 Martin established HomeSounds, a project which invites people to become active environmental listeners for the benefit of their creativity, education, health and wellbeing.
About Seconds Of Sound (S.O.S)
Seconds Of Sound (S.O.S) urges you to dedicate moments to listening. It's both a campaign and a project, created by Martin Scaiff as Environmentalist in Residence for Suffolk Libraries. Accompanying a series of walks between every library in Suffolk, the sounds here are moments from these places.
About the Environmentalist in Residence project
The purpose of Suffolk Libraries Environmentalist in Residence project is to explore environmental responsibility with the community in ways that are accessible, using creativity as an instrument to inspire change and motivate people to care for the planet in their own way, however big or small.
