Wind Rose

Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum Nomina Sex Linguis Repraesentans (1650) by Jan Jansson or Johannes Janssonius (1588–1664)

"Persistence of Memory", Joan La Barbara (2012)

Persistence of Memory Live in MaerzMusik Berliner Festspiele from Aleksandar Kostic on Vimeo.

"My composition juxtaposed sounds of cataclysmic events, remembered, captured, re-created by instruments, voice and samplers: car crashes, avalanches, severe weather, the crack in the space-time continuum."
Questionnaire: Joan La Barbara, Frieze (March 2016)  

storms

On storm-struck deck, wind sirens caterwaul;
With each tilt, shock and shudder, our blunt ship
Cleaves forward into fury; dark as anger,
Waves wallop, assaulting the stubborn hull.
Flayed by spray, we take the challenge up,
Grip the rail, squint ahead, and wonder how much longer

Such force can last;
from Channel Crossing, Sylvia Plath
  sound extract from 'Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013), dir. Arnaud des Pallieres 

breach

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'HengistburyHead, The Coast: An Environmental Education Resource', Peter Hawes, publ. Hengistbury Head Centre (1998)

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'Hengistbury Head, The Coast: An Environmental Education Resource', Peter Hawes, publ. Hengistbury Head Centre (1998)

Six Years

Hengistbury Head Ironstone Quarry
Description
A small ironstone quarry mine that is located at Hengistbury Head. The mine was in use between 1848 and 1854 and consisted of the mine/quarry area, spoil heaps and a harbour for the transportation of the ore. The quarry area of the site has since been flooded to provide a wildlife sanctuary and the remaining spoil heaps are covered in scrubland. The area is scheduled and is classed as an area of Special Scientific Interest.
from Historic England pastscape.org 


The Quarry Pool is now a significant part of the nature reserve features of the Head. While it was very acidic in the early years, since 1990 it has allowed the growth of a significant number of plant and insect species, as well as mallard and little grebe. The insects provide valuable food for migrating sand martins and swallows.
Wikipedia: Hengistbury Head

 

Photo: Steve Maskell, Quarry Pool, Hengistbury Head

Old Hampshire Mapped

"Hengistbury Head as shown in Isaac Taylor's Map of Hampshire, 1759. After the counties were redesignated in 1974, the site has been considered part of Dorset. The isolated building near the centre of the image (labelled "Summer House") is the thatched barn still at the Head. The barn forms part of the new visitor centre."
Wikipedia: Hengistbury Head