Comments from workshop participants:
I attended the half day workshop and exhibition run by Simon Whetham at the Grey Area in  Brighton . The exhibition space itself, part hidden treasure, part cold-war bunker, gave an initially austere feeling on entrance. Simon talked to myself and the other participants around his initiation into the role of phonography and field recording in an entertaining narrative and with examples of his work. Both the narrative and examples were illuminating and provoked discussion amongst the attendees around their own interests and history with sound and recording.
 
The workshop then moved outdoors for the intriguing, and slightly nerve-wracking, blindfolded sound walk. This proved to be highly rewarding as the sonic environment leapt into high focus. Simon ably guided us around the back streets of Brighton and every snatch of bird song or human chatter was magnified. I was particularily surprised to discover I managed to detect the presence of a few walls without visual cue, presumably from audio reflections.
 
After this session we went back to the space to talk around the technology involved as Simon explained the various tools of his trade. We had the opportunity to listen via normal micropohones as well as contact mikes and induction coils which, as an amateur phonographer, was interesting and inspiring.
 
I spent a brief session in the exhibition itself, which though rather crowded at the time, I found the atmosphere removed from the clinical feel noticed above, and enjoyed the ebb and flow of the immersive sounds in place.
 
I found the whole experience to enjoyable, illuminating (in a sonic sense) and also inspired me to carry out sound experiments myself.
Paul Jones, March 2010

'The workshop was really fantastic in that it made me focus on really listening, surely the most important part of recording. As a film maker sound is something that is often neglected and should be approached with much more care and attention.'
Ben Dowden, November 2009

I really enjoyed it thanks and a perfect location.
Matt Davies, October 2009