Q:Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen?
A:Yes, Downer Woods was the best place I found that I could really listen.
Q:Was it possible to move without making a sound?
A:No, if I wanted to hear everything I possibly could I had to stay completely still.
Q:What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them?
A:When I plugged my ears I felt like I could hear less sounds, but the ones that did come through seemed extremely clear. It was easier to concentrate on one single sound with my ears plugged. When I unplugged my ears after having them covered for five minutes I was overwhelmed by the number of sounds I could hear. In contrast to when my ears were plugged, I could hear everything, but it was difficult to pick out certain sounds.
Q:In your sound log exercise, what types of sounds were you able to hear? List them.
A: 1. Loud traffic and car tires screeching on pavement off to my right.
2. Some kind off loud chainsaw or weed wacker just slightly off to my right side. It would start and stop randomly throughout the listening exercise.
3. Birds chirping to my left and right. The ones on the right were louder and more obnoxious.
4. The sound of bugs buzzing seemed to drone on in the background of everything else.
5. I heard a sound off to my left which was difficult to recognize. It sounded like a hammer clanking against a flag pole.
6. Wind rustling through leaves and branches.
Q:Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?
A:Yes, but there was only one sound I heard that I could not recognize. I could at least take a decent guess at all of the other ones.
Q:Human sounds? Mechanical sounds? Natural sounds?
A:I am certain I heard mechanical and natural sounds. The clanking sound I heard may or may not have been human.
Q:Were you able to detect subtleties in the everpresent drone?
A:Yes, during the exercise I was able to pick apart and analyze the faint sound of bugs buzzing. Normally I would not even notice it.
Q:Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away?
A:I heard a little of both. The sound of traffic seemed to be very distant, but every once and a while I would hear leaves rustling very close to me.
Q: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)?
A:The only sounds I heard that were a product of the wind were the leaves and branches of trees rustling against each other.
Q: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.?
A:Yes, when I walked across a wooden bridge and on a gravel path I made distinct sounds.
Q:Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape?
A: I know I have a new understanding of the sounds that come from our landscape. It's amazing how many sounds we just tune out on a day to day basis. The soundwalk helped me to appreciate just how vast the range of sounds are in our environment.
Q:How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all?
A:The soundwalk experience taught me that in order to be successful as a media artist I have to be able to stand back and appreciate all of the sounds I can hear, not just the most obvious ones.
A:Yes, Downer Woods was the best place I found that I could really listen.
Q:Was it possible to move without making a sound?
A:No, if I wanted to hear everything I possibly could I had to stay completely still.
Q:What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them?
A:When I plugged my ears I felt like I could hear less sounds, but the ones that did come through seemed extremely clear. It was easier to concentrate on one single sound with my ears plugged. When I unplugged my ears after having them covered for five minutes I was overwhelmed by the number of sounds I could hear. In contrast to when my ears were plugged, I could hear everything, but it was difficult to pick out certain sounds.
Q:In your sound log exercise, what types of sounds were you able to hear? List them.
A: 1. Loud traffic and car tires screeching on pavement off to my right.
2. Some kind off loud chainsaw or weed wacker just slightly off to my right side. It would start and stop randomly throughout the listening exercise.
3. Birds chirping to my left and right. The ones on the right were louder and more obnoxious.
4. The sound of bugs buzzing seemed to drone on in the background of everything else.
5. I heard a sound off to my left which was difficult to recognize. It sounded like a hammer clanking against a flag pole.
6. Wind rustling through leaves and branches.
Q:Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?
A:Yes, but there was only one sound I heard that I could not recognize. I could at least take a decent guess at all of the other ones.
Q:Human sounds? Mechanical sounds? Natural sounds?
A:I am certain I heard mechanical and natural sounds. The clanking sound I heard may or may not have been human.
Q:Were you able to detect subtleties in the everpresent drone?
A:Yes, during the exercise I was able to pick apart and analyze the faint sound of bugs buzzing. Normally I would not even notice it.
Q:Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away?
A:I heard a little of both. The sound of traffic seemed to be very distant, but every once and a while I would hear leaves rustling very close to me.
Q: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)?
A:The only sounds I heard that were a product of the wind were the leaves and branches of trees rustling against each other.
Q: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.?
A:Yes, when I walked across a wooden bridge and on a gravel path I made distinct sounds.
Q:Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape?
A: I know I have a new understanding of the sounds that come from our landscape. It's amazing how many sounds we just tune out on a day to day basis. The soundwalk helped me to appreciate just how vast the range of sounds are in our environment.
Q:How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all?
A:The soundwalk experience taught me that in order to be successful as a media artist I have to be able to stand back and appreciate all of the sounds I can hear, not just the most obvious ones.
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