About this Event
Join us at our spring Zoöpcamp where J D Swann will be help us tune into the afterdark sounds of the flittermouse; an old-fashioned term for a bat.
We will begin with a shared meal, gathering around the fire camp to cook, eat, and spend time together outdoors—marshmallows included.
As daylight softens, the site begins to shift. Diurnal activity recedes, and other rhythms come forward. We will stay with this transition into dusk, allowing time to settle, listen, and notice the changing soundscape of the place.
As night approaches, the evening moves into a bat listening session. Using bat recorders, we will tune into ultrasonic frequencies, making audible the otherwise hidden movements and voices of bats. Listening together, we will attend to their presence across the site, encountering TUMP 39 through a different sensory register.
Important Information
- This event is FREE and open to all. However, participants under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
- Limited spaces available for certain activities - when booking required check our eventbrite page.
- In case of rain, the event might be postponed - checked your email and our social media to keep you informed
- Please note, there is no on-site parking. We encourage arriving on foot, by bike or using public transport.
Nearest Transport Links:
- Train: Abbey Wood Station
- Bus: Eastgate Close (Stop NG) and Manordene Way (stop NC) - Routes 117, 229, 401, 472, 601, 602, 669, N1.
Accessibility Notice:
- The event is wheelchair accessible, but the terrain consists mostly of flat ground with some stony paths, small inclines, and uneven grassland.
- The site is outdoors with limited shelter and may become muddy after rain. Please wear suitable footwear and clothing.
- A compost toilet is available on site.
About
Tump39 is a long-term project initiated by Three Rivers that is working with people living in North Thamesmead to re-imagine a disused and re-wilded Victorian munitions magazine hidden in their housing estate as a new community space for arts, ecology and play!
Three Rivers is a community-led arts and ecology organisation exploring culture, class and climate in the London Borough of Bexley, and a member of Arts Council England's Creative People and Places programme.
J D Swann is an ornithological investigator often working with communities in Bexley and Greenwich, London. J D organised walks and events with Estuary Festival, Stephen Turner’s Exbury Egg, Bow Arts, Three Rivers, InspiralLondon, Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park and RSPB Rainham, Essex, with Kinetika. He has live-streamed with InspiralSE2 (Calum F Kerr & Miyuki Kasahara) in various locations in South-East London and the Isle of Portland, Dorset.
SoundCamp (2013–) are an arts cooperative based at Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe and Work Shop 1 in Loughborough Junction, with members in Glasgow, Berlin, Yorkshire, Crete and The Netherlands. We are interested in diy infrastructures that can move live sounds between places and situations, and give attention to less heard human and non-human communities. Our work appears as live transmissions, workshops, sound devices and events.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Tump 39, Watersmeet Way, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
