'View In View Out' (VIVO) is a unique, immersive 360 soundscape presented in Weston-super-Mare, in July 2025.
Inspired by collaborative workshops with young people and community groups - held in the town and the Mendip Hills National Landscape - co-authors Gwyneth Herbert, Jason Singh and Chris Howard, with producers’ Sound UK and Super Culture, created a new work, weaving participants’ responses into the sounds of Mendip wildlife, trees, plants and cave acoustics.
VIVO Installation: 950 people visited a unique, 360 immersive soundscape, set up in an empty shop in Weston-super-Mare's Sovereign shopping centre during July 2025. They got the chance to virtually explore the landscape, plants, people and wildlife of the Mendip Hills and Weston-super-Mare, experiencing layers of time, soil, stone and roots and hearing the ancestors of the caves, the dying song of the ash trees, the birds of the plateau. You can access the VIVO soundscape online to hear for yourself the song of the ghost of Charterhouse, the tales of a Mendip storyteller, and the voices of children from Weston. Best experience through headphones, and if possible while taking your favourite walk.
VIVO Trails: Following the launch of the VIVO installation and taking place throughout the summer, people are encouraged to visit the Mendip Hills National Landscape and engage with an augmented reality (audio and animated illustrations) trail on Mendip. This experience will also be happening in Weston's South Ward.
The Mendip Hills National Landscape Team partnered with Super Culture to connect with Weston-super-Mare communities to encourage them to discover more about the Mendip Hills that border the town, share ideas about what nature might mean to people of Weston, and promote wellbeing.
