Four journeys, London to Cape Town

A journey of several years, led by sound, following migratory birds between Europe and Africa to listen to how the places they live shape their voices.

Our two expedition cars parked on a slope at golden hourAxel with a parabolic microphone and Ario beside a spotting scopeAxel and Ario in desert scarves and sunglasses on the sand

Ario's photographs

Arctic Tern on a rockBlack-tailed Godwits taking off from water, SenegalDunlins on the shore in golden lightEurasian Curlew wading on a mudflatGriffon Vulture in flight against a blue skyLittle Bee-eater perched on sand, SenegalGreat White Pelicans crowded together, SenegalWhimbrels in a bare tree, Guinea-Bissau

Listen: the story we created and shared in Sierra Leone

Live at The Forest Creative Loft, Cameroon

Year by year

Who was on the road, where we set up the installations, and the moments along the way. Scroll sideways.

On the road

Axel and Ario in green headscarves with binoculars, in the Mauritanian dunes The 4x4 on the beach On the road in the Hilux Camp at the forest edge With the team by the truck Listening at the dune edge

What’s next?

Wonder, live in London

Thursday 19 November 2026, Polygon Portal, Soho. Drinks from 7pm, show at 8pm. A small room: book early.

Get tickets 75 Dean Street, Soho, London

Wonder Across Continents

The last stretch · 2027 · Angola · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa, to Cape Town

In February 2026 malaria and dengue stopped Axel in Angola, just before one of the great crossroads of migration. Down there, flyways meet: birds from other continents share the sky, alongside some of the most extraordinary cultures and wildlife on Earth.

We’re going back to finish the journey. Through Namibia’s Zambezi Region, the former Caprivi Strip, into Botswana’s Okavango Delta, and down the full length of South Africa to Cape Town.

We set off again in January 2027.

Which birds will we find? What stories will they lead us to?