Sound walk

Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen?
The Garage. I could hear a pin drop because of the echoes

Was it possible to move without making a sound?
No

What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them?
Every noise felt louder and more crisp

In your sound log exercise, what types of sounds were you able to hear? List them.
Click here for the list

Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?
Yes and I recognized nearly everything I heard

Human sounds? Mechanical sounds? Natural sounds?
People talking and walking. /Skateboards over bumps, bicycles, cars and buses stopping and accelerating, air vents, lights buzzing, police sirens, and washing machines runnings. /The wind blowing trees, wind blowing in my ears, birds chirping, bugs buzzing, and leaves blowing.

Were you able to detect subtleties in the everpresent drone?
No

Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away?
Wind in my ears and bus accelerating and breaking. / Police Sirens, and cars driving away.

What kinds of wind effects were you able to detect (for example, the leaves of trees don't make sounds until they are activated by the wind)?
Leaves on the trees, leaves on the cement and grass, wind in my ears, wind blowing the paper I was holding

Were you able to intervene in the urban landscape and create your own sounds by knocking on a resonant piece of metal, activating wind chimes, etc.?
Yes, I stomped on metal sewer plates and clicked my pen

Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape?
Yes, everything has a very unique sound

How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all?
I will be more aware of the sounds of anything and everything