SOUND @ NISSANSept 9-11 2016Nissan, Halmstad, Sweden Harp Art Lab will produce a new art project - Sound @ Nissan - in 2016. The project aims to use sound as a tool in the urban development process of Tullkammarkajen in Halmstad. The new residential area is planned to develop along Nissan - the river that runs through Halmstad, Sweden. The area will consist of a mixed development in its content, predominantly residential residences (600 units) and it will be the "future portal to Halmstad by the water."International artists and inhabitants are invited to cooperate in a series of sound walks, workshops, installations and performances along Nissan - from the harbor, passing by Tullkammarkajen and all the way up to Slottsmöllan. By involving local communities and other parties interested in the processes, new and challenging questions and opinions will be raised. Such as public space design, new urban housing, abandoned areas, sound art as public art, narrative cartography, inhabitant spaces, mapping, climate change, history and future - thus contributing in giving local decision makers valuable insights through democratic processes.SOUND @ NISSANHarp Art Lab will produce a new sound art project in the city of Halmstad, Sweden, in 2016. International artists and inhabitants will be invited to cooperate in a series of sound walks, workshops and installations along Nissan, the river that runs through Halmstad. The project aims at applying Harp Innovation Model in a municipal urban development project - Tullkammarkajen - in Halmstad.MAPPINGA series of sound walks will take place along the entire strip of the river Nissan. From the harbor, passing by Tullkammarkajen and all the way up to Slottsmöllan, in order to map the entire cultural setting along Nissan. The information is processed and analyzed through a series of follow-up workshops where sound maps, recordings and personal experiences, noise studies and historical data is compiled.