audio by artist 'neil webb'

When I was first contacted to produce a podcasti I immediately considered that this would be quite a different proposition from the majority of my previous work. Most of my work whether video or audio installations are in response to or specifically made for a certain location. A podcast would remove the location from the work as it could be listened to in the comfort of your own home or on the move. The piece could also be listened to through external speakers or in the internal space of a pair of headphones. So with the sense of a specific location removed I started to make a piece that was about nowhere. I reflected on the title of my first CD which was Somewhere Nowhere, referring to a place that could be unknown or an unspecified environment. Being somewhere but nowhere specifically. I also considered the purpose of a podcast and thought in its most basici terms that it is used for communication. The content could be anything but its purpose was to reach out to as many people as possible.