The Acoustic Commons project has allowed it to become more active, generating new approaches, tools and resources. It continues as a significant legacy of the project, with the potential to be widened to include new arts and other organisations in and beyond Europe. We produce and commission new work from contemporary composers and sound artists through a programme of residencies, performances and public realm installations.
Since forming in , we have produced over one hundred events, including seven biennial festivals, showcasing new work by over two hundred artists. Current projects include a series of residencies in partnership with South Walney Nature Reserve, site specific commissions for Barrow Park and developing a new residency centre and on-site performance space. The main aim of Locus Sonus is to explore the ever evolving relationship between sound, place and usage with a methodology that places artistic experimentation at the center of their research.
Its main activity, mission and aim is the production of contemporary art projects merging different fields of creativity, mainly classified within multimedia and musical arts, also encouraging and producing educational activities. CONA has worked and collaborated nationally and internationally with a string of acclaimed and renowned local and international artists, institutions and partners. CONA brings a history of developing and delivering innovative work with sound and radio to the project through a programme of residencies and performances.
Our work appears as broadcasts, workshops, publications, sound devices and events. As part of the Acoustic Commons network, we coordinate the long-form radio broadcast Reveil β , which has involved some 1, artists and reached over K listeners over 10 editions; and a series of sound and ecology events soundcamps on Dawn Chorus day each year.
Acoustic Commons is an emerging network of live environmental streams drawing attention to the unique sounds of particular places across Europe and beyond.
