Mountain meets urban waterfront

By Alexandra Baixinho & Tine Blom

Abstract

The audio paper is an experiment in combining two different soundscapes: a sonic composition of field recordings from Hallingskarvet mountain and an urban waterfront atmosphere, with the site-specific real time sounds of Islands Brygge. Baixinho and Blom explore what happens when we mix sounds from a Norwegian mountain with sounds from a Danish urban, post-industrial waterfront environment and its contemporary recreational uses. How does the pre-existent aural environment integrate and dialogue with our »invading« sonic composition? How do sounds mix, overlap or distinguish themselves? The audio paper reflects on the content of both independent soundscapes and explores the outcomes of this mingling.

Experimental audio paper

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Keywords

aural perception

mountain

porosity

time-space

waterfront

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30. august 2016

https://doi.org/10.48233/seismograf1610