AQUA LOCI: Natalie Davey
Sounding the Bay
An eco-acoustic story walk, created in partnership with local community
About the artwork and interactive map
Sounding the Bay is an eco-acoustic story walk, created in partnership with local community. Led by Saltwater Projects director and artist Natalie Davey, Sounding the Bay is designed to be heard as you imagine walking (or actually walk) along the foreshore in Geelong, Port Phillip Bay/Naarm. The 30 minute walk is along a foreshore trail and uses pre-recorded sounds from hydrophones, science/cultural creation stories and local histories. People can listen to the recording with headphones to guide their foreshore walk or follow a map if listening remotely.
The story walk was created to take people on learning experiences, connecting them to their local foreshore, history and broader ocean issues. It is narrated by Jennifer Vuletic and N’Arwee't Professor Carolyn Briggs, a descendant of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung, and Elder in Research in RMIT’s College of Design and Social Context.
Experience this artwork by interacting with the map...
About the artist
Natalie Davey is a Director of Saltwater Projects . Natalie trained as a painter at the Slade, University of London and Kunstacadamie, Dusseldorf and received Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1994. She trained and worked as an English teacher (ESL) and worked in Germany as a teacher while continuing her art practice. Natalie has been involved in community development projects since the late 1990’s, motivated by a concern for the environment, love of the sea and a desire to engage in work connected to Indigenous issues, education, climate change and social justice.
