Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:45:19 GMT <![CDATA[colne valley listeners]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:45:19 GMT Really busy finalising the dishes, still on target for Friday ... just! The dishes are looking superb.dish

]]> <![CDATA[Sneak preview]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:25:25 GMT Artec have been working hard to meet the deadline - hugely appreciated by everybody involved in the project. They've sent through these images, not of the dishes, not yet, but of the form used to make the dishes. Tantalising!

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]]> <![CDATA[Presenting the dishes! well, very nearly...]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:51:00 GMT Drafting the website for downloading the audio and soundwalk instructions: go here for a preview >> Soundwalk Downloads

]]> <![CDATA[Project nearly online]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:06:26 GMT I have loads I could put up here now... but the truth is, with the launch just 7 days away, I am just too busy. See you next weekend?

]]> <![CDATA[Keeping cool]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:07:36 GMT Got it!

]]> <![CDATA[Planning permission?]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:42:04 GMT You may not be aware reading the blog recently that we still don't have planning permission. But a bit like another important announcement today coming from across the Atlantic, we will hear this morning from Kirklees Council if we've been successful... Will keep you posted!

]]> <![CDATA[Everything crossed...]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:52:34 GMT Had a great visit to Slaithwaite on Monday 27th - fabulous autumnal weather, as you can see. 9 hours in the car round trip but well worth it. Finally met Desmond in the flesh! and now so close to installation. Me being the dishes:

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Everybody say, 'acoustic mirrors!'

say, 'acoustic mirrors'
Desmond, Neil (Kirklees Council), Heidi (HCMF), and Cate (RCST)

]]> <![CDATA[Site visit]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:44:33 GMT Okay well here's a video of me talking about the project back in July. Thanks to Oliver Jones for this and for making me look like gurning soundscaper (oh, and for mispelling my name). All in a day's work.


HCMF short - Mathew Sansom from Oliver Jones on Vimeo.

]]> <![CDATA[popeye the soundscape man]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:14:07 GMT Well, after holding my breath for a while things are rocketing forward ... a big relief. I now have dates in my diary for a site visit to peg out the space for the concrete pads that the dishes will sit on, and also for transportation of the dishes. Here are some realisations of what it all should look like at the site (thanks to Heidi at HCMF):

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]]> <![CDATA[Lots of activity!]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:50:14 GMT :-(

]]> <![CDATA[still waiting...]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:03:13 GMT