Avon is an acoustic investigation of river environments and listening practices, developed through fieldwork along the River Avon in southwest England. Approaching water as an active sonic field rather than a passive backdrop, the project explores how ecological, technological, and human presences register within aquatic space.

Recordings were gathered using hydrophones, contact microphones, probes, and a shotgun microphone to capture submerged acoustics, plant and soil vibration, and above-surface atmospheres. Through layering, stretching, reverberation, and interruption, the composition brings forward textures and frequencies that usually remain unnoticed to Nurture the power of the unseen.¹

The installation unfolds in three movements: Murkiness, Interruption, and Surface, shifting between underwater resonance, mechanical disturbance, and everyday ambient sound. As sonic layers emerge and recede, listeners are invited to consider what it means to attend closely: what becomes audible, what remains obscured, and how acts of listening shape perception of environmental conditions.