John Drever’s sound walks seem to me to have organic nature. It was ordered yet creative. This means that myself and Chloe can explore our new idea through his innovative methods. Drever, for me, has been inspirational as he has explained how to communicated with an audience, “It is important to establish a trustworthy contract between the group and the leader.”, Drever creates a connection between himself and the group which means the group can explore the journey he has set for them on a whole different level. Although ours will be in a different setting I hope that the audience will still be able to, if we follow Drever’s steps, trust us and enjoy the journey too.

What struck me the most about Drever is how specific he is on the ‘procedures’ of sound walking, “Next, the group is invite to adopt a number of rules: no talking for the duration of the walk…” (Drever, 2011, 2) He goes on to say about how to guide and work with your group, especially about the speed of the group. How to become acutely aware of the pace of your group. As our piece is now being reformed into the studio space pace is something we have to be conscious of. Timing is everything as we do not want to run out of space before we run finish the performance. Drever “At carefully chosen points the group may stop momentarily to regroup” (Drever, 2011, 3) This not only gives us more time but give us a better connection to the audience. We can use the sounds we have recorded and manipulated to explore how they relate to the noise around them.

Drever, J. (2011) Soundwalking in the City: a socio-spatio-temporal sound practice. 5th International Symposium on Temporal Design.