Let’s be very honest, Humans are an extremely noisy and loud bunch, and according to the composer, Stuart Fowkes humans are getting louder every day. Stuart Fowkes created Cities and Memory’s global collaborative sound project.
Since the inception of Cities and Memory back in the year 2014, it has introduced something called sound maps which are focused on sacred places, protest and photographs. The newest venture of cities and maps nevertheless steps away from human beings, and it focuses on the natural areas of Earth which are undisturbed.
The forthcoming venture is called Sounding Nature which is the most extensive global collection of the sounds of nature, and it features around 500 sounds that come from fifty-five different countries, and the recordings range from jungles to underwater shrimp to glaciers.
The map is comprised of two parts: the first one of the sound field recording and the second one of the musical which has been inspired.
The Verge has recently spoken with the composer Fowkes about his new project & how come is the pollution of the sound disturbing natural atmosphere. Fowkes said that he along with his team tried to showcase a world map and how would it sound if humans won’t be heard.
This is quite a difficult task as humans are a noisy bunch and they tend to get louder all the time. Fowkes also said that the ocean noises have reportedly been doubled in every ten years since the past 50 years.
The project also contains exotic sounds from animals such as hyenas and hippos along with nightingales and robins along with the sound of the geyser in Iceland. The project had also recorded Hurricane Harvey when it passed over the American State-Texas.
There are also some of the specialised recordings from the sanctuaries of Senegal. And one can also expect sounds coming from the urban areas which people have recorded on their iPhones.
Source: theverge
