Location 01:
Haringvliet, july 09
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Location 02:
Schiehaven, july 09
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Location 03:
Westerkade, october 09
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Location 04:
Willem Buytewechstraat, july 09
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Location 05:
Achterhaven, july 09
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Location 06:
Station Rotterdam Centraal, october 09
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Location 07:
Maashaven, october 09
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Location 08:
Het Park, july 09
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Following the concept, Rotterdam seemed like a promising place for a variety of sounds. After having visited the city a couple of times I chose some spots for recording. However, given circumstances such as whether, time and social movement within the city, I had to change plans: I systematically followed routes through the city, searching for paths and finding sounds.
On the outskirts of Rotterdam large lakes and parks (Kralingse, Zestienhoven) promised to provide sound spectacles – this was not the case, private places or motorways contaminated the sound of nature. In the harbor I came to the decision to open my ears in an alternative way, to hear and to see what was there rather than what I was looking for.
For the recording I used a directional microphone, a contact microphone, an ultrasonic detector (bats) and a binaural microphone.
“urban sound stories” Vol. 01-05
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Listen > Vol. 01 — 08.11.2009 — London / England – Simon Whetham
Listen > Vol. 02 — 15.11.2009 — Vienna / Austria – Tobias Bolt
Listen > Vol. 03 — 22.11.2009 — Paris / France – Eric Cordier
Listen > Vol. 04 — 13.12.2009 — Rotterdam / The Netherlands – Lasse-Marc Riek
Listen > Vol. 05 — 27.12.2009 — Dublin / Ireland – Roland Etzin
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