Premiering at Sounds From the Other City 2026
From the Edges: Salford’s Hidden Landscapes
'From the Edges' is an immersive audiovisual installation by composer / sound artist Simon Connor and photographer / filmmaker Andrew Brooks for Sounds From the Other City festival, commissioned by the University of Salford Art Collection. The work explores the shifting spaces where the city of Salford meets its green and wild landscapes.
Using multi-camera systems and spatial field recording techniques, Brooks and Connor have explored the woodlands, waterways, routes and ruins of industry that trace the city’s outskirts. Audiences move through these environments from multiple visual perspectives, immersed in a 360-degree soundscape. The soundtrack blends environmental recordings with instrumental composition to create a richly textured sonic landscape. Drawing on slow cinema and soundscape composition, the installation unfolds at an unhurried pace, encouraging deep listening and attentive looking.
Presented in small groups within the University of Salford’s New Adelphi recording studios, 'From the Edges' will be experienced via an immersive sound system and multi-screen display. This layered audiovisual environment offers an intimate encounter with the landscapes that surround and weave through the city.
