Assignment 4 : October Evening Stroll

The recent temperature drop has finally allowed us to feel the chill of October!

To be reminded of, and to capture the sentiment of taking a nice stroll in an autumn evening, I decided to take a walk around my neighbourhood and record the sounds I encounter, both natural and manmade.

I took both active and passive roles in the processes of listening and capturing sounds, before having total control of manipulating them by deciding which parts to edit, keep, and discard. The absence of the original visual information not only allows the viewer focus on the auditory elements, but also prevents the site-specific details of my neighbourhood from becoming distractions. The process of focusing on auditory elements is assisted through the visuals that are formed through collected familiar sounds.

The sounds, which had been creations at the time of my evening stroll, have now become creators :

 

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