Waterways of Lincoln is a large scale work consisting of a number of project based on the waterways which pass through the City of Lincoln in the East of England. The project began in 2012 and is still a work in progress.

The projects completed to date are:
5 Nocturnes (Foss Dyke canal)
5 Diurnes (Brayford Pool)
5 Aubades (River Witham at Stamp End Lock)
5 Interzones (Sincil Dyke at Great Northern Terrace)
3 Intermezzi (Main Drain at Coulson Road)
5 Vespers (Sincil Dyke at Sincil Bank)
13 Elegies (Riparian Zones)
12 Elegies (Riparian Zones)

Several Waterways of Lincoln projects have been recorded and are available on Bandcamp LISTEN

Scores of all works available on application EMAIL

"Waterways of Lincoln projects are a response to their locations (general or specific) but are not intended to be depictions or representations of those locations. They are in a sense dedicated to them. There is a process in which location becomes composition and this is best understood to involve an awareness of a sense of place (similar to the idea of spirit of place, genius loci, or ortgeist). I take part in the psychogeographical practice of dérive (drift) and I extend this to become a full jour dérivant in which all my daily activities become part of the'drift'

Once I have decided on a location for a Waterways project I need to visit the location a number of times and so what began with 'drifting' becomes more purposeful. It becomes research. I develop a relationship with the location based on (for example) personal observations, fact, myth, local history, geography/topography, local reputation, sense of space/scale, unique characteristics or eccentricities of place, and readings or non-deliberate misreadings of signs/symbols.".Jim Simm 2019