#sonicnotations

[spokenweb]

From Jason Camlot

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"Finally, one image of the dog park, from the east side (with a bit of the gate that can be heard in the sound recording). I forgot to document the descent because I did this last walk with my mother (who lives nearby) and she was talking to me about various things that distracted me from my soundwalking tasks. I attended mostly to her, on the way down. She’s in her 80s, so the ascent and descent took a while. She noted as we neared the bottom, 'I’ve sat, at one time or another, on just about every stoop on this street' (taking rests along the way, she meant). "

[spokenweb]

From Elisabetta Senesi

"I write from the neighbourhood of an ancient little village up the hill of Florence, in central Italy. Here is my location where my sound walk started, it’s basically a cross-country area with this hilly town called Fiesole. My walk took took place at 9.30pm > 10.30pm and it was raining, the first part was very intense with so much clouds above me, no artificial light, just a few cars and motorbike due to the pandemic restrictions, super windy and 'silent' space some how, but noisy inside my head, raindrops overall. My place is just about 3 miles far from the town center, the remaining area is mostly woods and olive tree fields. I arrived at the first houses of the village and then back to my place, I stopped for a while before coming back and catched some voices from indoor spaces, beautiful. The way back was different, I also started to think about where I am living and reflect upon why I ended up here. Weather changed and I heard some very tiny sounds coming from night birds and drops falling dawn the trees after the rain. Some moments of fear, just a few times, but the moon was over me at some point, light my path and make me feel more connected to the essence of place. Wind never stopped, though."