You create field recordings – share them
We encourage the residents of Lodz to explore the city through field recordings – an artistic and research-based method of capturing ambient sounds. Participants will be able to immerse themselves in urban soundscapes, document ephemeral acoustic textures and discover hidden layers of space that often escape notice.
- file transfer address: michal.sedkowski@uni.lodz.pl
- please provide the approximate location, date and time of recording in the subject of the message, e.g. "ul. Piotrkowska 87, Łódź – 5 XI 2025, 4:30 p.m.".
The first presentation of recordings selected from those submitted by residents will take place on 7 November at the Biedermann’s Palace during the event "Resonant Cities (I): Field Recordings as a Tool for Learning about the City", which is a continuation of the series "City learning through listening", which we announced during the sound walk "The heard city" in June this year.
The upcoming events as part of the series include:
- Resonant Cities (I): Field Recordings as a Tool for Learning about the City – 7 November 2025
- Rhythmoanalysis – How to Transition from Observing Movement and Flow in Urban Space to Understanding the City – December 2025
- Sound Epiphanies – Stories about the Sounds of Cities – January–February 2026
- Imagined Soundscapes of Future Cities – Utopias and Dystopias – March 2026
- Sound Maps and the City as a Musical Score – April 2026
- Listening to the City, Seeking Silence – Sound Walks – May 2026
UniLodz Science Hub project – UNIC edition
The project is being implemented by the New Culture and Education Association / W Y Gallery, the University of Lodz, and University College Cork. It is co-created by Dr Justyna Anders-Morawska, Dr Michał Sędkowski, Dr Denis Linehan, Dr Jeffrey Weeter, and Joanna Szumacher, who is an artist and curator of the W Y Gallery. Students from both universities are also involved: Pola Piekarska, Jakub Janiak, and Sebastian Novoa Peña.
