Entitled Hackney Hear Plus1, this “mob” event will be an opportunity for visitors to use the app en masse, approaching a stranger in silence with a personalised invitation and sharing the experience of creating stories and rediscovering Hackney using sound.

It’s the first event of its kind and for those who are brave enough to approach a stranger, it should help show how perfect the Hackney Hear app is for shared listening experiences. We hope that by listening to some of the stories of Broadway Market and London Fields with other people (whom you don’t know) Hackney Hear will take on new meanings and provide users with new experiences.

If you’re interested in taking part in Hackney Hear Plus1 please email press@hackneyhear.com or just show up on the day.

Hackney Hear Plus1 

Sunday 1 July, 2pm – 5pm

Start inside the Cat and Mutton pub - we’ll be inside with headphones (though please bring your own if you can), splitters and invitations!

Matt and Fran receiving the Gold award from Cllr Guy Nicholson

The Race for Apps project, a collaboration between Hackney Council, Digital Shoreditch and the Technology Strategy Board’s IC tomorrow team, celebrates ground-breaking apps which successfully transform visitors’ experience of the Hackney area in this Olympic year.

As winners of the Race for Apps competition, Hackney Hear will receive funding opportunities to advance the development of the app.

We also announced the first Hackney Hear ‘mob’ event on 1 July 2012 (2pm – 5pm) as part of the CINE East Festival. Entitled Hackney Hear Plus1, this event will be an opportunity for visitors to use the app en masse, approaching a stranger in silence with a personalised invitation and sharing the experience of creating stories and rediscovering Hackney using sound.

If you’re interested in taking part in Hackney Hear Plus1 please email press@hackneyhear.com.