Overhear vs The Modernist

OVERHEAR records and geotags creative audio content to locations in the physical world via the app — a meta map of poems, stories and sound design for you to find and collect. This digital audio layer augments space, place and location. OVERHEAR gives you a new perspective on where you are. OVERHEAR's purpose is to move people, physically, mentally and emotionally, inviting them to reconsider their physical environment and contribute their own creative audio to that environment. EXPLORE Travel to pins on the map to collect recordings when you are in range. Some pins unlock with a QR code. Filter by project or tag, and use Sonar to hear nearby pins announced by distance and direction. RECORD Create your own recordings and pin them to a place. Invite someone to listen with a link that opens the map, zoomed to that pin. PROJECTS Browse public projects or start a private one with collaborators. Subscribe to be notified when new recordings are added. In projects that welcome it, leave an audio or text response, or submit your own recording to an existing pin — all submissions are moderated. OCCASIONS Private maps for celebrations, memorials and workshops. Guests leave voice messages at places that matter. Open your collect link, walk to each pin, and hear them where they were left. STORIES AND EVENTS Some recordings form sequential journeys or branching stories with more than one path. Look for event pins to join activities happening around you. YOUR LIBRARY Replay everything you have collected, jump back to a recording’s place on the map, and download projects to use offline. Parental Controls let you set an age band (Family, Young Adult or Adult) and protect those settings with a passcode.

Explore and encounter modernist architecture from your home or out on the street. With the modernist app, you can now investigate twentieth century architecture from anywhere. Through a series of expertly curated guided tours and interactive maps from the publishers of ‘the modernist’ magazine, you can experience the best of modernist architecture along with some hidden gems and back street surprises. Whether you are a fan of Bauhaus, Brutalism or anything in between, you will find something to inspire and delight you on these tours. Additional tours and cities will be added along the way. Key Features: - Interactive Maps - Guided Tours curated by experts - Text and photography about each building - Updates on upcoming events, workshops, and walking tours organised by the Modernist Society - The app continues to grow, with additional tours and cities being added over time About the Modernist Society: The Modernist Society, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, was established in 2009 as a creative community. Its mission is to celebrate and engage people with twentieth-century architecture and design. Through publishing, events, exhibitions, and collaborations, the society fosters a deeper appreciation for the built environment. Publisher: The Modernist Society Supported by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.