Praia Fluvial de Alburrica - 4th November 2022

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Part of a series of recordings being made for the project Fonema in Barreiro, Portugal. My two week residency is part of Territory, a programme commissioned by Sluice magazine and PADA Studios, which will exhibit as part of the Lisbon Art Weekend 10-13th November 2022. I spent a while recording next to the River Tagus on a small spit known as Alburrica. The recording highlights the effect of the ferries, which pass very frequently, on the surrounding landscape, both sonically and ecologically, with the sound of their engines and the intensity of the water being displaced. Also this is the first time I have recorded a Small Egret, whose call you can hear once between two ferry horns at around 2:50. The recording also captures a lady collecting clams along the tide line, whose work was interrupted by the sudden noticing of the microphone. I apologised.