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SOLD OUTA 3 day introduction to field recording residency on the East Coast of Yorkshire.
Build a contact microphone (materials provided)
Field recording
Soundwalk to Flamborough Head
Editing session
Group crit
For working-class Bradfordians, Brid was the traditional holiday spot growing up in the 1970's and 80's.. It invokes memories of windbreakers, sandy-sandwiches, coffee flasks, knotted handkerchiefs, carrying deckchairs through endless shifting sand dunes, the tuck shop at the kids disco selling KP Skips, bingo and the two-penny arcade, colourful beach huts, chip stealing seagulls and a shoreline that always felt impossibly miles away.
For sound artists, Bridlington offers something else: an unusual mix of raw coastal acoustics and post-industrial maritime texture. Salt marshes, beaches, abundant seabird colonies, and fossil-rich chalk cliffs give natural soundscapes that are hard to replicate elsewhere. The working harbour — with iron sheet piling structures dating back to the early 1800s — combines maritime heritage with boats, nets, fishermen, tidal movement, historic stone piers, and resonant industrial surfaces.
This sonosphere sits between ambience and memory: dunes, rock pools, wave breakers, and exposed winds, with an operational 19th-century lighthouse sounding across an eroding coastline. Nearby, the historic chalk tower has absorbed the acoustics of its environment for centuries — an intimate yet contemporary listening space where remnants of time lie imprinted like sonic fossils.
Re-live those chalet-days - we're there for the puffins, but bingo is possible..
Accommodation:
Own room in a shared house close to the beach.
Open to:
Women and marginalised gender groups working with sound (all levels welcome).
Fee:
£20 (to confirm place)
Dates:
5th–7th June
To join the waitlist:
[email protected]
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Bridlington, United Kingdom
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