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The Royal Opera House is appealing to the public to record sounds to contribute to their three-day If-A-Tree festival in early September, curated by Joanna McGregor. Sound artist Scanner is transforming the former Floral Hall into an aural forest with a soundscape to which he wants Joe Bloggs or John Doe or indeed (thanks to technology) anyone in the entire world to contribute.

People are being asked to use their phones or tape recorders to capture sounds conceptually related to forests - it’s suggested whimsically that these can include “forests of children” at a playground, or “forests of commuters” rushing into the tube - and to use today’s technology to onpass it all to Scanner.

Suggested methods are voicemail to 020 3432 3696, iPhone/Android recording to audioboo, tagging it IF-A-TREE, or sending digital files smaller than 6MB to ifatree@roh.org.uk. Each contribution should be accompanied with an email to ifatree@roh.org.uk so that the Opera House can contact the sender if need be.

More details here.
The three-day Deloitte Ignite Festival If-A-Tree is at the Royal Opera House, 3-5 September

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