City Noises is a collaborative arts project using sound, media and digital technology as a means to relate to contemporary city life. Distinctive practitioner based organisations from London, Budapest, Helsinki and Santander will commission artists to work together on a series of events and exhibitions taking place in each participating city over the project's life cycle. Each city exhibition will be created as a collaboration between the host organisation, the artists group and members of the local community. Artists will work with the practitioner organisations to develop collaborative programmes involving local people, and these will culminate in a rolling programme of four events, one in each city. These collaborations will be shared on line ,and contributions from each partner organisation will feed into each event. In this way, people from London, Budapest, Helsinki and Santander will be connected through a shared pan European artistic endeavour. The partners all bring something different to the table. Stream in London has led collaborative arts projects for many years, and is looking to extend the collaborative scope of its creative practice. Szovetseg39 is a gallery and artists grouping from Budapest using sound as a means to link different environment. Crucible Studio from Helsinki adds academic weight, expertise in practice based research and connections through to intellectual networks. Documenta has an excellent track record in the use of creativity as means to engage with changing environmental issues. The strength of City Noises lies in the diversity of skills and the mutual interest in using a collaborative, iterative process to understand and engage with the post modern city. Evaluation is a key part of the process. The partners will use it as means to understand their work and to leave a legacy for others wishing to develop similar projects in the future.