Drift 2 Map

This is the overall map of my second soundwalk. It shows the path I walked along with areas where I captured some great footage and sounds.

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Flag

Here is where I captured the sound of the flag blowing in the wind and clanking against the flag pole

Alley

Here I captured the sound of water running down a sewer and a dog barking.

Church

Here I captured sounds of church bells, water running and a car revving its' engine.

Music

Here is where I captured someone playing guitar and piano from within a house.

Sewer

Here I captured melted snow water running into a sewer.

Drift 1 Soundwalk Map

This is the overall map of my first soundwalk. It shows the path I walked along with stops that I made and recorded sounds

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View my Drift 1 Here

Starting point for Drift 1 and Drift 2

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For both Drift 1 and Drift 2 I used the same starting point.

Soundwalk Reflection

1. Where you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen? Yes, I found that the parking structure was the best place to listen because there weren't as many people there.

2. Was it possible to move without making a sound? I tried and I don't think it's possible to move with out making some type of sound.

3. What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them? When I plugged my ears, I couldn't hear as many sounds as I could before. The only sounds that were present were the sound of my heartbeat, my breathing and an occasional echo of a person yelling. When I unplugged my ears all of the sound came rushing back into my ears and it was somewhat overwhelming because I went from almost complete silence to the loud noises surrounding me.

4. What types of sounds were you able to hear? I could hear my heartbeat, my breathing and an occasional echo of a person yelling.

5. Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place? Yes. Sounds that were easy to differentiate were sounds such as people talking, doors slamming, telephone ringing and sounds that were harder to differentiate were some of the rumbling and hissing in the parking structure.

6. Were you able to differentiate human, mechanical, and natural sounds? Yes, a couple human sounds were those of people talking and whistling. Sounds that were mechanical were the Mechanical wheel chair passing by and cars. Lastly, the natural sound I heard was the wind blowing.

7. Were you able to detect subtleties, changes, or variations in the everpresent drone? Yes, in the parking structure.

8. Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away? Yes, I could tell if a car was passing  by close to me or farther away. I also could tell if a door that slammed was near by or down the hall.

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.? Yes, I knocked on a window.

10. Do you fell you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape? Yes, I do. I found it very surprising to find out the sounds that I tend to suppress and not listen to. These were the things such as pipes hissing and the parking structure rumbling.

11. How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all? I believe the soundwalk experience really opened up my eyes to what i miss hearing when I walk around day to day. It really showed me that there are a ton of sounds that surround me daily and whether I chose to listen to them or not is up to me. I believe by practicing to listen to things that I normally block out, I will be more aware of them when I go on my own soundwalk. By recognizing these sounds it will help me to be a successful media artist because I will be able to have captured many interesting sounds on my soundwalk.

Soundwalk Area Map

Here is the soundwalk area map my soundgroup walked. It shows the overall area my class walked around UWM campus. It also shows the start location, the end location and several stops that we made along the way.

Sound Log

Here is the sound log. It is a list of all the sounds I heard while on the soundwalk.

Sound Body Map

Here is the sound body map. It shows pictures of the different sounds I heard on the soundwalk. The dot in the middle of the picture represents me in comparison to all the sounds surrounding me and there proximity.