One of the world's biggest sound & #fieldrecording projects: remixing the world, one sound at a time. 2,000+ contributors, 125+ countries. Made by @stuartfowkes
Oxford, UK
Joined December 2013
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Calling Oxfordshire artists, bands and musicians - this project is for you!
We're teaming up with the Museum of Oxford to present a unique live show bringing together the sounds of Oxford itself with the talent of its musicians and artists: citiesandmemory.com/sounds-c…
🚨 Open call! 🚨 We're looking for artists and musicians from all backgrounds to take part in the 2026 Autumn Project! 🍄🎧
The project is open until 13 December, and open to all.
citiesandmemory.com/2026/10/…
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We’re super excited to bring you our latest open call - we’re working with Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre and artist Edmund de Waal, and we’d love to invite you to join a new commission called Sanctuary. This is a limited paid commission with just 20 spaces: citiesandmemory.com/sanctuar…
Thanks to Cerys Matthews for having Cities and Memory on her BBC 6music show this weekend - it was great to chat about disappearing sounds and the relationships between sound and memory, and spin a few favourite tunes. Listen again here (from c. 1hr in): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z7…
We’re super excited to bring you our latest open call - we’re working with Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre and artist Edmund de Waal, and we’d love to invite you to join a new commission called Sanctuary. This is a limited paid commission with just 20 spaces: citiesandmemory.com/sanctuar…
Together, we will create a long-form sound installation that expresses the essence of “sanctuary” – where sanctuary can be found, how it sounds, and what it feels like. The final work will be presented in the Schwarzman Centre Black Box.
Find out more and apply to take part here: citiesandmemory.com/sanctuar…
“For me music is all about the combination of a story being told and the emotions that are invoked, like in opera or music theatre, I think I need a story to hang the music on.” citiesandmemory.com/2025/06/…
Meet Swedish composer and sound artist Stefan Klaverdal from Angelholm, whose piano-led tracks have graced multiple Cities and Memory projects: citiesandmemory.com/2025/06/…
Thanks to @wallpapermag for an interview filled with super interesting questions, going in depth on our mission to “turn the world’s everyday sounds into a global artwork”.
wallpaper.com/travel/cities-…
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Cities and Memory’s digital global sound map asks: what do we understand about a place when we stop looking and start listening? wallpaper.com/travel/cities-…
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How did fence posts end up being played at the Olympics opening ceremony? @DameEvelyn talks us through the story of the wonderful aluphone, and how it encourages us to think of sound as a food diet.
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Can you spare ten minutes to have your say on how Cities and Memory is doing, and where we take the project next?
Every summer we run a survey to ask you all how you use Cities and Memory and how we can make it better.
Please fill it in if you can! 💕 bit.ly/CMsurvey26
Can you spare ten minutes to have your say on how Cities and Memory is doing, and where we take the project next?
Every summer we run a survey to ask you all how you use Cities and Memory and how we can make it better.
Please fill it in if you can! 💕 bit.ly/CMsurvey26
How did fence posts end up being played at the Olympics opening ceremony? @DameEvelyn talks us through the story of the wonderful aluphone, and how it encourages us to think of sound as a food diet.
These wonderful instruments can teach us a lot about listening - but what does listening mean to you? You have until 19 June to take part in Ways of Listening, whether you’re a musician, a poet, a writer, a filmmaker, a photographer or an artist. citiesandmemory.com/listenin…
The majestic tam tam isn’t just an instrument, it’s a bodily experience, teaching us about listening beyond what our ears can tell us, as Dame Evelyn Glennie explains to Stuart as part of Ways of Listening.
What does listening mean to YOU? You have until 19 June to submit your creative response, whether that’s music, sound, video, painting, poetry, drawing, photography or prose.
Find out more about the Ways of Listening project we’re so excited about: citiesandmemory.com/listenin…