City of Threads

With co-hosts Lou Lifely and Fanny Eaton Hall

Summary

Meet Lou and her daughter Emily, and Holly and one of her oldest friends Ant as they all head off on the first of our city journeys. You’ll come across the perils’ of A boards, ‘maverick sight’, singing fountains and a very melodramatic cathedral organ. Featured theme; Neuroscience and the Sensory City. For more info on the people, themes and places featured in the episode, including an episode transcript, go to: www.partexchangeco.org.uk

Welcome to City of Threads. In this short introductory episode you’ll hear a bit about what this podcast series is all about and meet some of the people who’ve made it and feature in the episodes.

For more info on the podcast and an episode transcript go to: www.partexchangeco.org.uk

In October 2019 a team of visually impaired and sighted artists and collaborators took journeys together into the city of Bristol with the aim of uncovering the usually unheard stories of visually impaired citizens and returning these stories to the heart of the city narrative. For more info including episode transcript, go to: www.partexchangeco.org.uk/trailer

Experience a taste of what’s to come with the City of Threads audio logo. Listen out for the sounds of canes, footsteps, guide dog harnesses and screen readers woven into the wider cityscape. Designed to communicate as much through sound as through vision.

The City of Threads logo is square in shape with the words City of Threads situated in the centre; black text on white background. Fine red wiggly lines emanate out from the title words, tracingfragments of actual journeys featured in the podcast.

For more info including episode transcript, go to: http://www.partexchangeco.org.uk/audio-logo/