Urban Utopias is a project by artists David Stalling and Anthony Kelly, commissioned by Engineers Ireland in 2007 for their annual engineering conference.

The objective of the commission was to explore an experimental way of perceiving the connection between engineering and art, in a way that would present an opportunity for both engineers and the general public to think more creatively about the impact of engineering on the built environment.

The work consisted of a series of loudspeaker installations and headphone listening posts, and an audiovisual element in the form of a 12-minute projected video.

The field recordings contained in the exhibition were made using binaural microphones, a recording technique that spatially transcends normally recorded stereo. It accurately reproduces the effect of hearing a sound-in-person, given the 360 degree nature of how human ears pick up nuances in the sound waves.

Engineers Ireland funded a printed publication with audio CD relating to the project. This publication included an essay by Jay Roche. This publication is available at Far Point Recordings

The essay and audio CD were also included in the Engineers Ireland conference publication.

A number of the binaural recordings were featured in July 2007 at the Binaural Audio Art Symposium at University of Central Lancashire, UK, curated by Jon Aveyard.

Selected project documentation will be featured in Site of Sound: Of Architecture and the Ear, Vol 2, Brandon LaBelle and Claudia Martinho (Eds.), Errant Bodies Press, Los Angeles/Berlin

Dublin-based artists Anthony Kelly and David Stalling have been collaborating on a series of sound and visual pieces since 2003, which have been widely exhibited.

Some of their recent shows include: The Felt Experience Project, Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast; Components, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork; Binaural Audio Art Symposium, University of Lancashire, UK; Cead, China (Shanghai and Beijing): a screening at Anthology Film Archives in New York; and the sound art exhibition Two Places at Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast and Limerick University. Their recorded work has been released on the sound art label Farpoint Recordings.  The recent CD project soundwearenow, and two tracks were released on "Wire Tapper 16" (Dececember 2006) and "Wire Tapper 20" (October 2008), distributed with Wire Magazine.
 
Future projects include participation in the group projects Auralog and Shorelines, Newfoundland, as well as solo exhibitions in the Basement Gallery, Dundalk, and Visualise Carlow during 2009.

Kelly and Stalling's work process is divided between making field recordings and collecting other sonic and visual raw materials from the urban and natural environments. These materials are brought into studio surroundings where they can be explored, processed and integrated into the fabric of a piece during a typical working session. From this creative process almost all of their work is generated.