The installation draws on the traditions of the sonic walk and GPS-based sound art, but blurs the boundary between the artist and the audience. There is no single composer. The work serves as a platform for a collective soundscape – a participatory layer of urban sound design, open to anyone moving through the space. Whilst headphones have typically privatised our experience of the city – enclosing each listener within a personal soundtrack – hear:here offers a shift: a hybrid space in which movement through the area and shared creation together shape the experience of the place.

The app is available to download for Apple iOS and Android

Apple iOS

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hear-here/id6768606318

Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fdobrocky.hear_here

Now it’s up to you to decide how this place will sound.

The installation is freely accessible throughout the festival without any time restrictions (i.e. from 2 October to 8 October 2026).

Filip Dobrocký (*1998, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) is a sound designer, sound engineer, sound artist and programmer. He is currently studying multimedia creation at the Faculty of Music, JAMU in Brno. In his work, he frequently applies the principles of uncertainty and generative art – his works are autonomous systems with variable outcomes – thereby incorporating his programming experience into his artistic practice.