SoundSwinn: Everyday Attunement - A Practice Development Project in Interactive Sound Objects

This example, Hold, drift, answer, steady and close, demonstrates the listening, improvisation and interaction principles that underpin the SoundSwinn project.

Created collaboratively with a participant with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) using simple tactile music technology, the piece evolves through subtle acoustic shifts including reverb, swell, breath and sound absorption. Rather than directing interaction, it creates space for listening, curiosity and exploration to unfold at the participant's own pace.

The work reflects my facilitation-led practice, centred on attentive listening, non-verbal communication and care-led sound interaction. SoundSwinn builds on this practice by exploring whether these same artistic qualities can be translated into an interactive, screen-free sound object that people can encounter independently in everyday life.