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Perhaps because of the minimal design of the Car Park, the ‘intrusion’ of wildlife is more noticeable than at the Pines Gardens. A case in point is the pigeons that visit the Car Park throughout the day (and I use the word ‘intrusion’ because there is the feeling that they don’t belong there).

Although these birds aren’t so vocal, they make their presence known by their clumsy landings on the corrugated plastic roof as well as their low flight-paths through the car park itself. These interventions provide acoustic interest to an otherwise lo-fi environment.

It interests me how, on one hand, the physical properties of a space shape how that location is read, and, on the other, how the introduction of other sounds alter one’s perspective of that environment. From my point-of-view as a sound artist I am especially interested in how changing the acoustic nature of a space can affect how people think about where they are.

Having worked initially with the car park to understand its acoustic and aural architecture, I am now interested to see if this can be extended to bring new understandings to this location.