This is documentation of a live stream from the Maroochy River for Horizon Festival for the project Listening in the Wild. 

Listening in the Wild is a series of immersive soundscapes exploring environments across the Sunshine Coast produced live and streamed online for listeners to engage with at home. These experiences are created by artists Lyndon Davis, Leah Barclay and Tricia King as transient listening experiences interwoven with Kabi Kabi stories. Listening in the Wild comprises three separate experiences, streamed live online and also available post event for audiences to access anywhere at any time. The locations include virtual sound walks through Eudlo Creek National Park, a journey along the Maroochy River and an ocean expedition from Mooloolaba Beach. Each soundscape is accompanied by site-specific photography captured by Sunshine Coast based documentary photographer Tricia King.

This is a deep listening experience with binaural 3D soundscapes that are best experienced with headphones. ​We encourage you to close your eyes, put your headphones on and lie down somewhere quiet to listen.

Listen to the live streams – www.listeninginthewild.com 

Horizon Festival – https://www.horizonfestival.com.au/event/listening-in-the-wild
Lyndon Davis - https://www.datsip.qld.gov.au/news-media/deadly-stories/deadly-stories-gallery/north-coast/lyndon-davis
Leah Barclay - https://www.usc.edu.au/staff/dr-leah-barclay
Tricia King - https://www.usc.edu.au/staff/tricia-king

This project is supported by the School of Creative Industries at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

LISTENING IN THE WILD - MAROOCHY RIVER (LIVE STREAM, 12 JULY 2020)

Leah Barclay is a sound artist, designer and researcher who works at the intersection of art, science and technology. Leah's research and creative work over the last decade has investigated innovative approaches to recording and disseminating the soundscapes of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to inform conservation, scientific research and public engagement. Her work explores ways we can use creativity, new technologies and emerging science to reconnect communities to the environment and inspire climate action.

Leah has been the recipient of numerous awards and her work has been commissioned, performed and exhibited to wide acclaim internationally by organisations including the Smithsonian Museum, UNESCO, Ear to the Earth, Streaming Museum, Al Gore’s Climate Reality and the IUCN. Leah’s augmented reality sound installations have been presented across the world from Times Square in New York City to the Eiffel Tower in Paris for COP21.

Leah leads several research projects including Biosphere Soundscapes and River Listening that focus on advancing the field of ecoacoustics. The design of these interdisciplinary projects are responsive to the needs of collaborating communities and involve the development of new technologies including remote sensing devices for the rainforest canopy and hydrophone recording arrays in aquatic ecosystems.

Leah is a lecturer and researcher at USC Sunshine Coast, Australia.