Sound and soil are both mediums for memory. They hold traces of what was, and can transform those traces into something new through decay and resonance.

Join us for a participatory compost installation exploring grief, renewal, and transformation through the live composting of sounds and objects.

Participants are invited to bring organic materials they would like to compost - a letter from an ex, a clipping of hair, a flag - and to send sounds they would like to compost - a voice message from a loved one, a speech, a scream.

Together, we will create a live compost composition: burning, cutting, and mixing the materials into a pile of finished compost, while the sounds are layered into a sonic compost made from field recordings of the surrounding area. We will listen as they reverberate, decay, combine, and ultimately become something new. 

The installation is communal - everyone is welcome to participate - and the resulting composts can be taken home in jars and accessed via a SoundCloud link.

Please send us your sounds for composting by 15 September 2025 to georgia (dot) walker (@) gmail (dot) com

Georgia is an independent producer and audio artist based in Palermo, Sicily.

Nicola Mecca is a composer and musician based between Palermo, Sicily and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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