From the Edges: Salford’s Hidden Landscapes
A commission by the University of Salford Art Collection
Premiered at Sounds From the Other City 2026
'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 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.
'From the Edges' was premiered at SFTOC 26, presented in sold-out intimate screenings throughout the festival. The use of an spatial 7.1.4 sound system and 3 channel video display within the University of Salford’s New Adelphi recording studios. offered audiences an immersive encounter with the landscapes that surround and weave through the city.
From the Edges @ SFOTC 2026. Photo by Andrew Brooks
From the Edges @ SFOTC 2026. Photo by Andrew Brooks
From the Edges @ SFOTC 2026. Photo by Andrew Brooks
From the Edges @ SFOTC 2026. Photo by Andrew Brooks
From the Edges @ SFOTC 2026. Photo by Andrew Brooks
From the Edges @ SFOTC 2026. Photo by Andrew Brooks
