Transported is a set of sound installations in different sites around the station, focusing on the inter-connections between people and place. Most Creative Station, Artist in Residence – Nell Catchpole, is involving station staff, local creatives, rail interest groups, and the travelling public in recording stories, messages and soundscapes. New audio pieces composed from these recordings are being added throughout the residency. All passengers are invited to leave a message for other travellers using the Freephone number 0800 193 7456.
Transported responds to the rhythms of rail travel: the ‘empty’ waiting time becomes an invitation to listen and transform your experience of the station by connecting with its hidden stories and meanings. The sound pieces can be heard through movement activated ultrasonic speakers on Platform 1 & 2, the headphones in the Platform 1 Waiting Room, and the Freephone numbers. Golden ears and floor graphics indicate the location of the works.
Image credit on all photographs – Rachel Deakin.
Usually found creating sound art in the landscape, Nell’s creative process evolves in response to the specific people and place she is working in. Through taking time to listen, new knowledge and understandings of people and place emerge. Nell seeks to actively engage the listener, shifting them into a heightened state of awareness. She is interested in how this can allow the listener to imagine other possible worlds and ways of being.