Andrew J Brooks – Falkirk High Canal Tunnel – 9th January 2026
Tuesday, 15 September⋅10:45 – 11:00am
Falkirk High Canal Tunnel – 9th January 2026
This morning at 10:45am – artist, musician and architect Andrew J Brooks takes us to Falkirk to walk the tunnel of the Union Canal at Falkirk High. He is currently undertaking a practice-based Sonic Arts PhD in partnership with Scottish Canals, researching sound, environment and community along Falkirk’s canals.
It takes around 10 mins to walk the length of the tunnel – depending on how much you stop to listen. This piece is layered upon an unedited single mobile phone recording walking through the tunnel on the 20th November 2025.
On the 9th of January 2026 Andrew returned to the tunnel with a Leica BLK360 G2 3D Laser scanner, a Soundfield NT-SF1 ambisonic microphone, a Lom Geofon contact microphone and a pair of JRF D-Series+ hydrophones to capture the many layers of sound and experience within the tunnel: thundering water, drips on the balustrade, the natural resonance of the stone and water and the mysterious conversations in the depth of shifting patterns of noise. There are no audio effects added to this piece only fading between the various microphone recordings.
The accompanying images are stills from the point cloud 3d laser scans.
