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=== noise structures 1: pristina - Kyd Campbell=== | === noise structures 1: pristina - Kyd Campbell=== | ||
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In many places, the electricity and water systems are not currently sufficient to service the entire country 24 hours a day. Following a number of visits to Pristina, Kosova, a fun and modern place, with excellent coffee shops, fine dining, a few radio and television stations, large office building and nightclubs, I remarked a continuous cycle of noise in the city. | |||
Every 2 hours the electricity and water is cut off. The city momentarily falls dark and quiet as ventilation, music and machinery is shut down. A few seconds later, the common sounds of the city are overtaken progressively as thousands of gas generators start up. For an hour, the whole city rumbles and those sitting at cafe terraces must yell to each other to be heard over the sounds of the engines. Pedestrians on the sidewalk must step around cables and the scent of burning petrol is everywhere. After about an hour the power returns and, also progressively, the generators shut down. In this moment one can find a second of great silence. | |||
The whole sound scape of the city is changed cyclically. | |||
My current work is an investigation of soundscape as a direct translation of social conditions. The conditions established by the basic functionings (and malfunctionings) of the city infrastructure translate into clearly measurable sonic vacillations. A high quality, long duration recording (planned, 7 days) will be produced and a further work will be prepared from this material. | |||
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=== Thema/Titel - Jessica Wallstein=== | === Thema/Titel - Jessica Wallstein=== | ||
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