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School’s Out is an audioscape and part of the series, Playing the Landscape, which is an ongoing sound project conceived by Dr. Hilary Ramsden and developed in collaboration with musician, Heather Summers. Playing the Landscape seeks to detect, investigate, improvise and record sound within a variety of ‘scapes’ in order to excavate meanings and notions of place, identity, belonging and memory. The project began in 2008 as a literal playing of outdoor sculptures using a variety of beaters (such as drumsticks and xylophone sticks) in order to add an audio dimension to what were considered to be visual art pieces. This work developed into a wider concept of ‘playing’ other elements within the environment, integrating ambient and found sounds. 