A Workshop for the Training in the Exploration and the Documentation of the Sonic Environment
The “exploration” of the sonic environment may reveal rare sounds or highlight special acoustic conditions. Geophysical phenomena, biological functions, human activities and machinery operation are becoming the key (f)actors in a sonic scenery. A field survey, which includes listening, interviews or conversations with the locals and visitors or by simply referring to archival material (e.g. reports, photographs, video, recordings etc.), results into evidences for the structure of present or past soundscapes. Some of them cannot be heard any more, many are still waiting to “speak out”. For all of them, someone could “tell” a story. This is the role of “soundexplorers”, who either alone or in small groups are exploring the sonic environment and are transforming their experience in free-form texts, technical reports, visual and sonic compositions or other forms of representations towards the understanding of soundscapes.
“Soundexplorers”