Ellen Reid: SOUNDWALK | Wellcome
Channel: Wellcome
Date: 2021-05-24

Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, SOUNDWALK is a GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to accompany walks around Central Park in New York, encouraging calm reflection.

After downloading the free app and putting on their headphones, participants explore Central Park, triggering music that has been carefully crafted to harmonise with the park's natural environment and attractions.

The Covid-19 pandemic has been extremely isolating. SOUNDWALK is a socially-distanced refuge, designed to get people safely out of the house and into green space. It promotes an active lifestyle, and aims to encourage self-care, mindfulness, wellbeing and joyful artistic connection. 

Wellcome's Mindscapes programme is supporting the New York City iteration of SOUNDWALK, which is available in a number of parks across America. 

Find out more about Mindscapes: www.wellcome.org/what-we-do/our-work/mindscapes

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