Unusual sounds often appear unexpectedly; one has to be constantly open to be able to hear them, properly register or record them; it is a process of continuous listening out, some kind of mode of perceiving the reality. While on a recent holiday trip to Tatra mountains I felt alone when I was quietly recording sounds of mountain streams and waterfalls, looking for moments undisturbed by human buzz. Majority of tourist were equipped with digital cameras. I imagined the world in which most people, instead of images, would record sounds; instead of cameras, they would carry mobile sound recorders.
The main idea of the Project is to explore acoustic territory of the City. As an outsider and visitor I will look for its sonic manifestation. As an artist I will focus on listening to the environment. I am interested in all acoustic shapes of the City. I will be searching, selecting and recording acoustic territories in the big City. The city is an area of abundant acoustic richness, where variety of acoustic fields overlap each other. I am interested in noise, underground, echo (also as an acoustic phenomenon), muzak, architectural spaces, inside and outside, people, speech, voice and language, resonance and vibration, day and night. My research will also include the presence of the social and political in the acoustic image of the place; schizophony of the acoustic environment, ubiquity of speakers from mobile phones to huge soundsystems in public concerts and big festivals; acoustic violence and chaos of aural reality; infinite acoustic abundance of human habitats and resonance of empty spaces.
Acoustic expression of the city will be recorded using traditional field recording but also by recordings of electromagnetic field manifestations. All surrounding electronic devices are a source of dynamic electromagnetic field. Its presence and dynamics can be observed in the sound form. I will also carry out simple recordings with hydrophones. The project will result in production on the borderline of soundscape composition, radio drama or site-specific sound installation. I plan to engage public in the creative process and carry out a sound workshop directly related to the project.
My work will also be inspired by a unique internet website: „"Favourite sounds of Prague" and the last work by Brandon Labelle : "Acoustic Territories, Sound Culture and every day live".
* Tomasz Misiak "Estetyczne konteksy audiosfery", the School of Humanities and Journalism, Poznań 2009
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