Call for Thanet Residents!

Call for Thanet Residents!

Thank you for your interest in contributing sound recordings to this new artwork in Thanet.

To take part, record sounds on your mobile phone or any recording device and send them to me at: CRP.Artwork@gmail.com

The deadline has been extended to Monday 19th April ’21 at 12 midday, but if you’re able to capture any of the sounds in my Dream Sound List below, you have until 1st May ’21 at 12 midday to send those.

At some point I will ask you to complete this short online form to give me permission to use your sounds in this artwork, and to tell me how you would like to be credited. Get a head start by completing it now.

Dream Sound List!

You can record anything you like and send it to me; this is what members of the public have been doing since January and it’s given me some great ideas about what to include in the piece. But, to make the artwork into a rounded piece that really captures what each part of Thanet sounds like, I have put together a little list of extra sounds I’d like to include that haven’t been submitted yet. If you’re up for a challenge, a kind of ‘sonic treasure hunt’ and can record any of these, you have until 1 May to do so. BTW, some of these sounds can be acted or recreated. Get creative!

Birchington-on-Sea

Dogs barking on the beach
Mandy’s Deli: Customers chatting about news of the day (I have permission for one person to record inside. Please contact me to arrange).
Mobility scooters and their reversing beeper
Old Bay Alehouse: “Right, who’s having another one?” (I have permission for one person to record inside. Please contact me to arrange).
People saying “Birchington” and “Birchington-on-Sea”
Someone saying: “The seaweed smells” or something along those lines

Broadstairs

Arcade machine / amusement (from May 17th – I’ll accept these until 1 June)
Beach trampoline
Church bells at Holy Trinity or St Peter’s
Hooden horse clacking
Lawnmowers (a choir of them!)
Local chat / the local accent
Morelli’s: People buying ice cream and the milk frother (you might be able to get permission to record inside so you can catch people ordering)
Morris dancer bells (as they walk but could also be as they dance)
People saying: “Broadstairs”
The recorded announcements for each stop on the Thanet Loop bus
Someone saying: “I’m a Broadstonian”
Someone saying: “They have come from Margate!”
Someone yelling at a big vehicle trying to squeeze through that tiny gap on the High Street
Wind inside sea shells (the sound you hear when you bring it to your ear)

Dumpton Park

People saying: “Dumpton Park”
The recorded announcements for each stop on the Thanet Loop bus

Margate

Arcade machines / amusements (from 17 May – I’ll accept these until 1 June)
Beer can opening / bottle of fizz popping
Boating pool: lifeguards telling people to get off the walls as the tide comes in
Ice cream van chimes
People saying: “Margate”
People ordering seafood at Mannings sea food stall near Turner Contemporary
Someone saying: “I can smell seaweed” or “What’s that smell?”
Someone saying: “It was in the Daily Margz”
Someone saying: “We should buy somewhere here!”
Someone saying: “Isn’t the Old Town quaint?”
Vibes from the Old Town and local ‘Hipsters’
The recorded announcements for each stop on the Thanet Loop bus

Minster

Archie’s Chip Shop: People ordering
Bungle’s House – this is like an urban myth to me, but there is apparently a local musician known as ‘Bungle’ who plays a lot of instruments and is a bit of a local hero. I’d love a recording from outside his house as he plays inside.
Car horns at Monkton Road when the bus gets stuck.
Michael Abbot’s peacock (St Mildred’s Road, spring). (I have permission for one person to record inside. Please contact me to arrange).
People saying: “Minster”
Post office: People banging on the door when it isn’t open

Ramsgate

Harbour boat cradle moving
Harbour Crosswall dock gates: the sound of the bridge going up and down, and the warning siren that sounds 2 hours before and after high tide
Lifeboat siren: The loud recorded message that occurs when the lifeboat is about to launch asking people to clear the area
People saying: “Ramsgate”
Ramsgate tunnels – the echo inside.
Skateboarders in Leopold Street car park, or going down Kent Place from the bottom of Kent Steps
The recorded announcements for each stop on the Thanet Loop bus

Westgate-on-Sea

Bicycle bells ringing
The Big Issue seller outside the Co-op on Station Road, saying: “Hello”
Cricket (Canterbury/St Mildred’s Road)
Golfing (Westgate and Birchington Golf Club, Canterbury Road)
Hairdryers in hairdressers on Station Road (a chorus of them!)
Krusty Kobb bakers cutting bread and locals saying: “Morning Tina!”
Local chat / local accent
People saying: “Westgate” and “Westgate-on-Sea”
Roxburgh railway bridge crossing: the sound as pushchairs go over it (Roxburgh/Station Road)
St Saviour’s Church bells
Tattoo parlours buzzing away (Station Road)
Teacups clinking

How to I record sounds?

Additional information is provided below, including sound suggestion for each location and a short video playlist for guidelines about taking part. You don’t need to watch them, but they do provide tips on how to create good quality recordings I can feature in the piece. If you have any further questions, please email CRP.Artwork@gmail.com or contact Jennifer Scott, Learning & Engagement Manager at Turner Contemporary at JScott@turnercontemporary.org.

The contents of this website page are available on Dropbox, here.