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The Pedalling Games is an interactive sonic bike piece made by Matthews with the Bicrophonic Research Institute (BRI), commissioned by BEAM @ NIME, at Goldsmiths, University of London. Made for for Fordham Park SE14, it was the first interactive piece Matthews had made for an open space where anyone aged 14+ was invited to have a go. 12 sonic bikes were available free 1 – 3.7.14
Visitors came and rode around, making music that changed dependent on where and how fast they rode. Playing with the daily life of the park, Matthews hid sounds to seduce visitors to ride faster, stop, spin in circles or pause in shadows to find quiet spots for listening. Reflecting on the changing relationships between humans nature and landscape, The Pedalling Games invited anyone to come ride this London park and make their own composition.