Mary Edwards, in collaboration with Kristine Diekman, will present Ten Good Years, an imaginative narrative soundwalk inspired by the field of dendrology and bioacoustics at the Central European Network for Sonic Ecologies (CENSE) Beyond Listening 2025: Walking-with changes Symposium. The project focuses on listening to the inner life of trees that offers an imaginary aural landscape comprised of an audio narrative that gives the listeners the illusion of time and space slipping, extending or contracting through the soundscape composition, allowing listeners to imaginatively engage in a parallel narrative construction.

This project aligns with the focus of the symposium in its call for embodied listening practices that encourage new ways to navigate our shared environments that are not colonized by conventional anthropocentric systems and bodies. While our shared environments are real spaces with real challenges, tapping into our imagination provides solutions and tools to elevate awareness for all listeners.