Laganside - A Mobile Poetry Experience in Belfast

Laganside is a mobile poetry experience at Belfast’s River Lagan.

Walk along the River Lagan and listen to the poem Laganside by Alan Gillis. Hear surreal sound-worlds accompany the poem at landmarks dotted throughout Titanic Quarter, East Belfast, Ormeau and Stranmillis Embankments, and the Towpath.

On your journey you will also discover new poems about the river by Sinead Morrissey, Ben Maier and Andrew Jamison.

Whether you are a local or a visitor to Belfast, this app will spark a new poetic discovery of the river. Place, sound and poetry converge in an interactive, non-directive and surprising personal experience.


---Discover Laganside---

Read and listen to Laganside - the contemporary Belfast epic by Alan Gillis. This poem, performed by Patrick FitzSymons, charts the shifting terrain of Belfast’s physical and cultural landscape in the 21st Century. The significance of the poem is explained in the apps Foreword by renowned Belfast poet Sinead Morrissey.

---Experience new sound worlds---

Immerse yourself in augmented real and surreal soundscapes that reveal themselves at key spots along the River Lagan. Listen to these musical backdrops as accompaniment to the reading of Laganside to experience the poem in new ways.

---Find poems---

Find additional Belfast poems by Alan Gillis, Sinead Morrisey, Andrew Jamison and Ben Maier, all located along the River Lagan. Some poems include sonic manipulations by John D’Arcy, while others are enhanced with video.

---Rediscover the river---

Use the built-in map to track your location while you search for sound worlds and poems along the Lagan. Explore places at the riverside you haven’t visited before and see well-known spots in a new light.



Created by John DArcy

For support e-mail [email protected]

www.lagansideapp.com