AWSoM – Ambient Weather Sound Machine:: May 20, 2007, 10.30 am – 4 pm :: Essex Wildlife Trust, Two Tree Island, only 15 minutes walk from Leigh on Sea station (map).

AWSoM is a free media artwork that integrates meteorological sensors (temperature, windspeed, direction and motion) to trigger and manipulate sound samples recorded on Two Tree Island nature reserve. Samples of wildlife – including the rare avocet bird – in competition with trains, planes, automobiles, dogs and people, create ambient sound and music responding to changing environmental patterns. The project is a collaboration between artists Stuart Bowditch and Damien Robinson and the Mediashed.

AWSoM uses open source software on recycled computers destined for landfill sites. Two Tree Island, a former sewage farm and rubbish tip near Leigh-on-Sea, is now an Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve.

AWSoM will be performed on the Essex Wildlife Trust’s ‘Discovery’ open Day on Sunday, May 20th, 10.30 – 4pm Come along, bring some food, and join our picnic! In addition to AWSoM, Essex Wildlife Trust will be hosting family events, wildlife group displays and guided walks round the island, plus a refreshment tent.