Listen to the Stones
2024-
is an interactive installation evoking untold, fragmented, and speculative narratives through stones collected by mudlarks on the Thames foreshore. The installation is powered by a custom-trained computer vision model that recognises the stones placed on an archival box beneath a camera. Each stone triggers a bespoke generative sound system that alters and mutates according to the stone's location, the combination of stones, and the probability scores returned by the computer vision model. The installation seeks to carve out a subtle space in which machine perception and human attention are re-oriented towards stones through a tactile, interactive experience.
Showcase Documentation at London Museum Docklands, November 2025
Stones were picked up by licensed mudlarks on the Thames foreshore, and loaned from Marie-Louise Plum (@oldfatherthames), Mark Sowden (@marksowden3), Alessio Checconi (@London_madlark), Dan Nydam(@digging_newengland)
computer vision model trained on custom datasets, generative sound systems, stones
Shown at:
Open House Festival weekend, Trinity Buoy Wharf, 13 & 19 & 20 September 2026.
EVA London Conference, July 2026, organised by Computer Art Society. The project was awarded the Peter Canning Memorial Award at the conference.
London Museum Docklands, November 2026. As part of the Museum Late: Mystical Moons.