Are skateparks louder than everything else?

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Location: Toronto

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PVL
The Public Visualization Lab is based in OCAD University, Toronto Canada. We are a design and art research lab that employs visualization, curation, and storytelling as a critical media practice. We work alongside communities to represent social and environmental concerns through use of data, interaction and media technologies. We apply the representation of information as a political, ethical, and creative process for resilience-building within underrepresented communities in the digital age.
After attending multiple community consultations related to skatepark development/planning, I have decided to put together a sound walk that attempts to shape a soundscape for Ashbridges Bay Skatepark

Skatepark Sounds

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Ashbridges Water Audio

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Lakeshore Traffic

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