I want my sound piece to allude directly to my essay’s topic, which is “Living with sound: how sound affects our body and mind in daily life.” My initial idea for the sound project would consist of, quite directly, sound recordings out of everyday life sounds, which I captured during activities such as traveling to my work/ university, walking on the street, and having a stroll in the park. I want to focus on sounds we might not really pay attention to for example sounds inside a tube, car honks, the sound of turning the ventilator on, etc. On top of the recordings, I want to use the sound of me counting up to 100 and them overlapping each other. As outside sounds happen without our contribution simultaneously, it is very easy to just overlook them. Most of the time, we don’t realize how strong the impact sounds can have on our body and mind. I want to underline the strong bond between what happens outside and inside the human body. Recordings of sounds that are present in everyday life situations will represent what is out of our control. Me counting up to 100 will be a representation of what is in our control. For the topic of my sound piece, I have chosen “perception of sound in particular sitiations in daily life”. For the recorder, I need something small and handy for crowdy spaces or places I would feel uncomfortable o bring something very big and difficult to carry. As well as a recorder with omnidirectional polar pattern that will catch sound all around it, making it feels like the sound is everywhere and floating through it. I am planning on using the h4n recorder, h5 zoom recorder, or Roland Binaural Stereo Microphone, I have never used this one and if I am not satisfied with the outcome I can always use one of the previously mentioned, which never failed me. On the other hand, in recordings of me counting, I want to be clear without background noises so they don’t clash with recordings of everyday life sounds. I am thinking about using something like Audio Technica 2035 Microphone in a space like a recording studio at LCC. As to locations, nothing is certain as I might be drowned to going somewhere I didn’t plan or think of something on the spot. However for the moment, I am thinking about: Greenwich Park, a path for passers-by by the Thames, Tate Modern Museum, Tottenham Court Road Station(next to my workplace), the library, grocery shop.
I want to divide my piece into 2 parts. First one consisting of “interruptive” sounds such as oncoming train, cars honking and second one containing “healing sounds like birds singing, sound of wind.