The
Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour.
Four
areas of audio interpretation designed to enhance the visitor experience on
board The Glenlee, a tall ship built on the Clyde and now being restored by
volunteers.
Much of the narrative is taken from the logs of people who actually worked on
such ships in the late 1800's and conveys the conditions on board and life for
the sailor.
Opened April 2001
Royal
Regiment of Fusiliers Museum - Warwick
Nine
audio tracks presented in four areas use diary accounts, dramatised recreations,
archive oral material and newly recorded reminiscence to describe the sinking
of The 'Birkenhead', The Gallipoli Campaign, The Normandy Landings and Field
Marshall Montgomery's career, from the perspective of the regiment in it's new
museum.
Opened April 2001
Athelstaneford
Doocot
Scapa
Flow Visitor Centre
Probably
the smallest dedicated av venue in Scotland.
Housed in an unmanned 15th century doocot measuring 2m x 3m x 25m high, the
story of the appearance of the Saltire in the sky is told using voice, sound
effects and lighting.
In
complete contrast, Scapa Flow visitor centre is the largest single av space.
Within a massive disused wartime oil tank which contains whole vehicles and
boats, an 11m wide panoramic video programme projects directly onto the wall
of the tank and tells the fascinating history of Scapa Flow from Viking times,
through its strategic role in the two World Wars until the present. Archive
footage is used along with previously unseen stills from local Orkney sources
and an especially composed sound track.
The addition of huge lighting effects, searchlights, gobos etc and additional
tracks of effects sound surrounding the viewer make the experience of Scapa
Flow memorable.
New
Museum of Scotland
Compilation
of archive film of Scottish home life from Scottish Film Archive and other sources
30-minute programme.
Selection of Post Office Film Unit Archive films edited and produced for audience
selectable viewing.
Selecting, editing, and production of 72 oral recordings for 20th Century Gallery
in selectable listening form.
Production
of various audio replay cards for other galleries.
The new Museum of Scotland is the winner of the Scottish Museum of the Year
Award - 27.10.99
For
a comprehensive list of projects worked on please click on the following link:
comprehensive listThe
11th Century seat of the Clan Maclean is well established on the tourist map
of Scotland, since its restoration in the early 20th Century. Being a keep for
the major part, access for disabled or infirm visitors to the upper floors of
the castle has been difficult and has in the past dissuaded some potential visitors.
A video tour of the upper floors, including the spectacular views from the rooftop
battlements, was commissioned and specially filmed.
The video is shown in the Great Hall, which all the visitors can reach, and
those who are unable to negotiate the turnpike stairs can still ‘see’
the bedrooms, exhibition etc
The client reports it to be a great success with visitors.
July 2002
Duart
Castle, Isle of Mull
John
Knox House Edinburgh
Although
John Knox House has been a visitor attraction for many years, there has been
no interpretation of one of its main attractions, the Oak Room with it’s
painted ceiling.
An audio point is housed within an oak chest topped by a supporting graphic
panel with buttons for visitor choice of 2 narrative tracks.
A conversation between John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots and a storytelling
description of the painted ceiling can be accessed by the visitor and is proving
to be popular.
June 2002
Projects
completed in 2005
National
Library of Scotland
Scotland's Secret War
Hidden
Stories of World War II: Many Scots were involved in top secret roles, often
risking their lives behind the scenes.
This exhibition, designed by MKW Design Partnership, included 4 soundtracks
and 2 video productions by Sheena Irving AV.
A specially created ambient soundtrack of an air raid introduced the exhibition
in the foyer.
The
Caskie Letters: Rev. Donald Caskie, The Tartan Pimpernel, was responsible
for the escape of hundreds of servicemen from France during the War. A collection
of letters in the NLS archive from mothers, wives, children and the men involved
themselves, written to The Church of Scotland to thank Rev Caskie during and
after the war, were researched and then used by Sheena Irving to create an evocative,
narrative soundtrack to illustrate the Caskie collection. Crawford Logan and
Hilary Neville narrate.
Click
on the play button
to hear a sample of audio
King
Haakon: The exiled Norwegian monarch broadcast to his subjects on
D-Day 1945. This recording, tracked down in Norway after extensive research,
was replayed from a period radio within the reconstruction of a fjord hut used
by Norwegian resistance fighters.
The
'Enigma Memories':
Two local ladies working in radio operations and at Bletchley Park during the
war, were interviewed, recorded and edited by Sheena Irving and their fascinating,
untold memories presented to the listener at a memories desk, where visitors
were encouraged to give their own accounts of wartime.
Robert
Watson Watt: an archive interview with the inventor
of RADAR was presented in a selectable video format.
Archive Government Information films of the War period and footage of Operations
rooms provided a backdrop to the ops. room display.
Click
on the play button
to hear a sample of audio
July
- October 2005 - this exhibition has proved to be the most popular temporary
exhibition at NLS and as such will be travelling in the near future.
Rutherglen
Museum:
The
first museum dedicated to the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen was created in 2005
in the newly refurbished Town Hall in the town.
The exhibition deals with the full spectrum of the history of the town from
medieval times, through agriculture, weaving, mining, shipbuilding and other
heavy industry to the present day and taking in schools, buildings, gala days
and tenement life.
SIAV created sound-scapes for each of the 4 principal display areas
The Time Tunnel entrance, Development of the town, Agriculture and coalmining
and Shipbuilding and other industries. 3 sound plays were devised by SIAV, scripted
produced by Pam Wardell.
3 video productions relied heavily on the only existing archive material and
utilised archive stills of Industries, Shipbuilding and Housing development
each supported by descriptive text.
The weaving display shows archive images, text and quotes enhanced with an effects
track of rhythmic weaving sounds.
An archive film from 1926 depicting 800years of Rutherglen burgh also runs in
the exhibition.
In addition, the entrance to the exhibition features a visual programme devised
using images shot by a local youth digital arts project
May 2005
Royal
Burgess Golf Club:
The
long history of the first golf club in the country, created in 1737 is depicted
in this programme based on archive images, artefacts and art works along with
text, taken from the club's collection. The programme runs in the entrance hall
of the clubhouse to welcome visitors November 2005
