Echoes of the Port

Echoes of the Port is an experimental soundscape which aims to bring to life the multilingual history of the Bristol city docks. We follow J.C. Healey, a (real-life) trader and ship-spotter, as he goes for one of his regular walks around the harbourside. Healey kept meticulous records of the ships in the city docks over a period of more than thirty years, and the soundscape is inspired by his notebooks, which are kept in the Bristol Archives. Echoes of the Port was funded by the Brigstow Institute at the University of Bristol.

Researchers: Amy King and Paul Merchant

Writer and Director: Stephanie Kempson

Sound Designer: Dinah Mullen

Performers:

Felix Hayes as JC Healey

Andrew Dennis and Peter Baker as the Spanish sailors

Echoes of the Port is an experimental soundscape which aims to bring to life the multilingual history of the Bristol city docks. We follow J.C. Healey, a (real-life) trader and ship-spotter, as he goes for one of his regular walks around the harbourside. Healey kept meticulous records of the ships in the city docks over a period of more than thirty years, and the soundscape is inspired by his notebooks, which are kept in the Bristol Archives. Echoes of the Port was funded by the Brigstow Institute at the University of Bristol.