Sunday, February 15, 2009
Soundwalk Response
1. Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really
listen?
Yes. One of the places I found that I could listen to all different types of sounds was the main entrance of the student Union. I was sitting in one of the seats and I could hear conversations going on, the engines of cars, the mailbox noise when it slams close, and cars honking.
2. Was it possible to move without making a sound?
It was not possible because every time I tried to move I would make a noise with my shoe or my notebook would flap. I don't think is possible for there to be a "complete silence."
3. What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them?
It was like my ears were hungry for noise! Everything became really sharp and I was able to focus on all the sounds that were going on around me. It was actually kind a cool to experience that.
4. What types of sounds were you able to hear? List them.
Walking to the Union from Mitchell Hall:
Footsteps-from Mitchell B-75
The film office door opening and closing
Door of Mitchell Hall opening and closing with a squeaky noise in between
Voice of female:"Where am I going?"
Female voice "oops"
Backpack zipper clicking with other zipper (metal with metal)
Foreign Language conversation between a man a woman
Feet dragging across the East entrance of the Union (repeatedly)
Inside the Union walking towards the Union's main concourse
Feet stomping across (repeatedly)
Backpack with rolling wheels
Cash register closing
Wheels rolling carrying some type of tank (made noise of metal hitting another metal)
**For Sounds in the main concourse of the Union please see body map***
Outside of the main entrance of the Student Union
Buses' engines
Subaru engine shifting gears from 1st to second
Honk of a car to a pedestrian
Female having a conversation on her cellphone
5. Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a
recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?
Sometimes. When the sound was one that maybe I have never heard before and didn' t see the source, well then I wsn't able to recognize it because the concept of the sound coming from the source is not one that is in my experience.
6. Were you able to differentiate human, mechanical, and natural sounds?
I was able to do that with the help of my eyesight, pretty obvious! I thought that was not a problem for me at all.
7. Were you able to detect subtleties, changes, or variations in the
everpresent drone?
The Union is a place that is loud, so sometimes it was hard to do that task but I tried my hardest to make those distinctions that are in sound.
8. Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away?
If they were close to my location I was able to pick it up very quick. But since there were so many sounds going on at the same time, some of the sounds that were happening from quite a distance of my location were more complicated to identify them
9. 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.?
I tried coughing a few times to see if anyone doing the soundwalk (close to me) would try and record that. Other than that, I sometimes drag my feet when I walk.
10. Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the
sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape?
I definitely have more appreciation for sound that I had before. Last semester I attended one of Aaron Ximm's showcases and that is when I decided I was going to take sound more into consideration. But now that I have done a soundwalk and been able to listen I just have the curiosity of what sounds I will get when I go to do my drift 1 and are excited about doing my own work as a sound artist.
11. How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your
practice as a media artist, if at all?
Because of the Sound walk and how much I enjoyed it, I will be more focused of the sounds that surround me. I would not only pay attention to the sound but will focus on the detail of that particular sound. Something that I am looking forward to learning is how to describe sounds in a way that when I list them you could almost "hear" them.
listen?
Yes. One of the places I found that I could listen to all different types of sounds was the main entrance of the student Union. I was sitting in one of the seats and I could hear conversations going on, the engines of cars, the mailbox noise when it slams close, and cars honking.
2. Was it possible to move without making a sound?
It was not possible because every time I tried to move I would make a noise with my shoe or my notebook would flap. I don't think is possible for there to be a "complete silence."
3. What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them?
It was like my ears were hungry for noise! Everything became really sharp and I was able to focus on all the sounds that were going on around me. It was actually kind a cool to experience that.
4. What types of sounds were you able to hear? List them.
Walking to the Union from Mitchell Hall:
Footsteps-from Mitchell B-75
The film office door opening and closing
Door of Mitchell Hall opening and closing with a squeaky noise in between
Voice of female:"Where am I going?"
Female voice "oops"
Backpack zipper clicking with other zipper (metal with metal)
Foreign Language conversation between a man a woman
Feet dragging across the East entrance of the Union (repeatedly)
Inside the Union walking towards the Union's main concourse
Feet stomping across (repeatedly)
Backpack with rolling wheels
Cash register closing
Wheels rolling carrying some type of tank (made noise of metal hitting another metal)
**For Sounds in the main concourse of the Union please see body map***
Outside of the main entrance of the Student Union
Buses' engines
Subaru engine shifting gears from 1st to second
Honk of a car to a pedestrian
Female having a conversation on her cellphone
5. Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a
recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?
Sometimes. When the sound was one that maybe I have never heard before and didn' t see the source, well then I wsn't able to recognize it because the concept of the sound coming from the source is not one that is in my experience.
6. Were you able to differentiate human, mechanical, and natural sounds?
I was able to do that with the help of my eyesight, pretty obvious! I thought that was not a problem for me at all.
7. Were you able to detect subtleties, changes, or variations in the
everpresent drone?
The Union is a place that is loud, so sometimes it was hard to do that task but I tried my hardest to make those distinctions that are in sound.
8. Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away?
If they were close to my location I was able to pick it up very quick. But since there were so many sounds going on at the same time, some of the sounds that were happening from quite a distance of my location were more complicated to identify them
9. 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.?
I tried coughing a few times to see if anyone doing the soundwalk (close to me) would try and record that. Other than that, I sometimes drag my feet when I walk.
10. Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the
sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape?
I definitely have more appreciation for sound that I had before. Last semester I attended one of Aaron Ximm's showcases and that is when I decided I was going to take sound more into consideration. But now that I have done a soundwalk and been able to listen I just have the curiosity of what sounds I will get when I go to do my drift 1 and are excited about doing my own work as a sound artist.
11. How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your
practice as a media artist, if at all?
Because of the Sound walk and how much I enjoyed it, I will be more focused of the sounds that surround me. I would not only pay attention to the sound but will focus on the detail of that particular sound. Something that I am looking forward to learning is how to describe sounds in a way that when I list them you could almost "hear" them.
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