Camelot House
A collaboratively-produced sound piece as part of Walls On Walls #Camden50 audio-visual installations. The sound piece takes its inspiration from the fact that Camelot House site was once a reservoir. The piece mixes sounds recorded when a water main broke one day during the project, with field recordings of the area and voices from some of the oldest and youngest members of the community. The piece also borrows 1930s jazz samples samples to weave into the soundscape - a nod to the era of the building and so the visual pattern and colour choices on the wall - using old records we found in the TRA room. Sounds used in the piece were captured by residents of Camelot House, and the composition was produced in collaboration with them.
The visual element takes inspiration from a pattern found in concrete paving stones in the internal courtyard of Camelot House. The colour palette and repeated pattern are reminiscent of a 1930s style, as the building dates from 1939. The artwork itself was erected as a temporary structure and has since been taken down. The process and the project itself live on in the memory of the residents.
