Author: Alfie Wall
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Listening to bearded seals in Holmiabukta: A Reflection on Place and Sound. (Week 10)
For this blog, I chose a field recording of bearded seals captured with a hydrophone submerged about 5m deep underwater in Holmiabukta, Svalberd. I was exploring Radio Apree, and this recording in particular caught my attention because of it’s haunting, otherworldly qualities. I listened a few times to try and gain some understanding of how…
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Words related to Sound Arts (Week 2)
Experimentation Experimentation to me is about pushing conventions and boundaries, actively disobeying the prescribed ‘norm’ and exploring new territory. It is a journey of trial and error and error and error and error and often success does not lie at the end of the road, but that is part of the beauty of it, it’s…
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What am I doing here? (Week 1)
Sound has fascinated me since I was young. I would often find myself marvelling at noises in the world around me, sound in media, music, etc. especially synthesised sound. I have strong memories of my dad playing Jean Michel Jarre’s music, particularly Equinoxe in car journeys, and I always found the soundscapes fascinating and would…
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