THE sound of Wagga has been put on the map in a global project lending an ear to cities across the world.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
The Cities and Memory Future Cities project allows anyone to submit a snippet of sound from any city in the world, as well as accepting alternate or edited versions from other users.
Riverina musician and sound engineer Jason Richardson was keen to get Wagga heard when he found out about the program, and so submitted a clip of his time by the banks of the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Beach.
"It's surprising how much interest there is in hearing the Riverina," he said.
Richardson's interest in the landscape developed during his time living in Wagga, according to the artist.
"It developed from contributing to the 2006 Unsound Festival, where I worked with Alan Lamb outside Brucedale on an instrument he calls 'The Wires'," he said.
"The organisers of that event had a view that artists based in regional Australia have distinct relationships with their landscapes.
"It encouraged me to consider how the Riverina influences my sound recordings and music."
The man behind the recent Soundscapes exhibition at the Wagga Art Gallery said the snippet of sound from Wagga was not the city's only contribution to the project.
"The Future Cities project also features a groovy song I wrote to accompany a tram ride in Budapest, Hungary," he said.
"My next project in Wagga will be a collaboration with RealArtWorks for the Artstate event in November."