Soundscape gardens: An evaluation on use of the Northern Ireland hospice’s sound garden installation
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to share the results of an evaluation of the Northern Ireland (NI) Hospice’s Sound Garden installation placed at the Somerton Road site in Belfast. The sound gardens are an immersive installation split into three separate garden spaces, each using a combination of outdoor loudspeakers. The Sound Garden is designed to project a growing collection of soundscapes composed by both students, doctoral candidates, and staff from the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) at Queen’s University Belfast. This evaluation, which took place in late 2019 as part of a Master of Research, uses both pseudonymised questionnaires and on-site observations to determine not only use of the facility, but also the impact that its presence in the hospice can have on patients, relatives, staff, and users of the facility.
Keywords
soundscapes, nature, music, palliative care
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.479
Citation
Gibson, I., Rebelo, P., and Jackson, C. (2022) Soundscape gardens: An evaluation on use of the Northern Ireland hospice’s sound garden installation, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.479
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Soundscape gardens: An evaluation on use of the Northern Ireland hospice’s sound garden installation
The purpose of this paper is to share the results of an evaluation of the Northern Ireland (NI) Hospice’s Sound Garden installation placed at the Somerton Road site in Belfast. The sound gardens are an immersive installation split into three separate garden spaces, each using a combination of outdoor loudspeakers. The Sound Garden is designed to project a growing collection of soundscapes composed by both students, doctoral candidates, and staff from the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) at Queen’s University Belfast. This evaluation, which took place in late 2019 as part of a Master of Research, uses both pseudonymised questionnaires and on-site observations to determine not only use of the facility, but also the impact that its presence in the hospice can have on patients, relatives, staff, and users of the facility.