A Salford sound walk created as part of a European residency.
Hidden Canal
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When Salford born musician Ewan Maccoll wrote "Dirty Old Town" he included the line "Dream a dream by the old canal". This project rediscovers Salford's hidden gem of a canal enabling it to wake from its slumber and be a source of recreation, play, heritage and community.
Hidden Canal
Inspired by the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal we paired Salford / Greater Manchester artists with European artists to create a Sound Walk along the route of the old canal. The canal begins at the River Irwell at Middlewood Locks and then disappears from sight until near Agecroft Cemetery.
5 artists from Greater Manchester and 5 artists from Europe worked on the Sound Walk and it started at the end of February with an international residency at Cobden Works. The artists involved are:
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- Anne Louise Kershaw
- Caro C
- David McFarlane
- Fionnuala Dorrity
- Tom Kitching
- Mauro Amaral (Faro, Portugal)
- Robert Klapcic (Rijeka, Croatia)
- Selma Ebbans (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands)
- Ugnė Makselytė (Kaunas, Lithuania)
- Wytse Dijkstra (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands)
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If you can't make it to Salford you can listen to all of the Pieces on our Mixcloud
The Hidden Canal project culminated in two days of sound walks on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May 2024 with the audio played from a mobile stage and a canal side neighbourhood festival at Middlewood Locks. For more information on the canal please visit https://www.mbbcs.org.uk/
It’s now available online, both via this webpage or the Echoes app
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