Radiophrenia and three of my works

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Radiophrenia is back – Monday April 7th to Sunday April 20th.

I have three works appearing and the first is Hallaig on 7 April 2025 4:30 am – 6:30 am

May.
The Hebridean island of Raasay.
From a beach below Gualann na Leac walk up the slope to the path, the cairn and the milepost. Follow the track north into the birchwood and walk down through the woods towards the waterfall; stop on a small bluff. Retrace my way, cross the Hallaig Burn, walk up the hill to the lost (by edict of a nineteenth century landlord) village of Hallaig.
Walk the stones of the houses.
Walk back, south, cross the burn at the ford. Walk on, beyond the milepost, then turn, and walk down the slope to the beach.

Remember, no archive, no replays, live only – Radiophrenia – https://radiophrenia.scot/

Terminalia 2025

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It was great to be able to put my Terminalia work into Kel Portman’s call and be part of this wonderful group of walking artists – here is the final version of the works – enjoy.

A walk on Dove Crag Island for Terminalia 2025

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Dove Crag Island is created by my human-scale movement and my imagination. I walk the island once each month across the turning of the year. For Terminalia I walk an eight-mile shoreline … a boundary of an imagined island … in north Northumberland.

In light snow I walk
the shore of Dove Crag Island.
The land is sodden.

Amongst The Oaks
one blackbird flies, then three more.
Cold grips the woodland.

Boot-knock on wet boards.
I stand on the wooden bridge
above the tumbling burn.

The shoreline turns east.
Amongst trees my chill eases
as the wind drops away.

I watch a field empty.
Sheep run to the sound of
the shepherd’s quad bike.

 

So, my PhD is completed …

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So, I am delighted to say that my PhD is completed … many thanks to the many people who facilitated this.

For anyone who are interested in reading it, it can be accessed, along with all the sound works and images of the printed artefacts, at https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.2632643  Given the way it is formatted, this is best viewed on a desktop computer, though it will work on a tablet.

For anyone who prefers a tangible thing, colloquially known as a book, it is available to order for £19.94 from https://www.lulu.com/shop/martin-eccles/sounds-of-walking/paperback/product-rm8djdk.html?page=1&pageSize=4 

This copy is a standard quality paperback version. Should anyone wish to have a high quality print and paper, hardback copy (£60.55 plus postage) I can arrange this – please contact me directly at martinpeccles1[at]gmail.com. 

A 2-volume collection of the poetry – A Walk of Words – is available in book form (high quality print and paper, hardback; £76.29 plus postage) by contacting me directly.

Radiophrenia schedule announced

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and now the schedule is announced – https://radiophrenia.scot/schedule/ – lots of amazing radio to listen to, 24 hours a day.

My three pieces are scheduled as follows

Island Suite: movement 1; Beàrnaraigh Beag,     Sunday 27th August, 05:45-08:00

Watershed,                                                           Wednesday 30th August, 07:00-07:30

Island Suite: movement 2; Alnay,                         Sunday 3rd September, 05:45-10:00

Have a listen …

Here comes Radiophrenia

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I have three works in this years festival – https://radiophrenia.scot/

As their website says

BROADCASTS ACROSS GLASGOW ON 87.9FM

24 HOURS A DAY: 21st August – 3rd September, 2023

RADIOPHRENIA is a temporary art radio station broadcasting intermittently from the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. The broadcast schedule includes a series of 16 newly commissioned radio works, 14 Live-to-Air performances as well as live studio shows, screenings, shorts and pre-recorded features. As in previous years the majority of the programme will be made up from selections submitted to an international open call for sound art and radio works.

tide line walk #4

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Saturday June 3rd 15:00h – watch the Cup Final with the sound turned down while you listen to …

a tide line walk     two coasts across two hundred miles       a saltmarsh estuary a rocky shore    one tide cycle     twelve and a half hours of high low high tide         twelve walks      walk one hour rest one hour     twelve walks divided and rebuilt at random       twelve walks each a new tide walk            this is tide line walk #4

3.00 PM Saturday May 6th

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walkplacedistancetime is back this coming Saturday.

a tide line walk     two coasts across two hundred miles       a saltmarsh estuary a rocky shore    one tide cycle     twelve and a half hours of high low high tide         twelve walks      walk one hour rest one hour     twelve walks divided and rebuilt at random       twelve walks each a new tide walk            this is tide line walk #3

 

3.00 PM 04/02/2023 Resonance EXTRA – walkplacedistancetime

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In the south of an imaginary island: movement 2

I have an imaginary island. As part of a Groundworks project (http://groundworks.org.uk/wp/landlinks/) I made a walk around the south of my island. As per the project instructions I walked between randomly chosen stopping points, each with associated ‘prompt’ words. The result is this sound work; the first half played in January and this second half plays as the next episode of walkplacedistancetime on ResonanceEXTRA at 3.00 PM Saturday February 4th and afterwards at https://extra.resonance.fm/series/walkplacedistancetime

More details, the associated text and a concertina-fold book can be viewed at https://martinpeccles.com/other-sound-works/landlinks/ 

Second week of Mycelium

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The second week of the MFA degree show – alongside this I’m showing three works – in The Hatton Gallery 1 (Walking Contecion Island), in the Fine Art Department (Seven Days in June), and in The Arches (No. 2: “no trace”). Lots of positive comments so far so I’m feeling very happy.

If you haven’t seen the show yet come along (The Hatton is open tomorrow despite what the poster says!).