What you need: Mobile phone + headphones/earphones Instructions: Go to one of the 15 locations on the map (listed below), walk into the circle, and audio will play (can press pause/play also).
Description: During a global pandemic, countries and cities have become literal ghost towns. Once flustered with sounds from human activities, it has now been overtaken from the once subtle industrial, urban, and natural sound environments. Recording multiple points during the lockdown, we are able to chronologically experience the differences imposed by Covid-19 restrictions and how these spaces have changed from the start of the global pandemic.
Currently, there are 41 audio files on the map and 15 areas recorded: 1. Albert Memorial Clock 2. Arthur Square 3. Belfast City Hall 4. Botanic Gardens 5. Cathedral Quarter 6. Church Lane 7. Commercial Court 8. Dublin Road 9. Great Victoria Street 10. Laverys Bar Belfast 11. Queen’s Arcade 12. Queen’s University Belfast 13. Shaftesbury Square 14. St-Anne’s Cathedral 15. The Entries
This project reflects through an auditory and sonic art perspective how the city sounds like without the presence of humans or the normal amount of human density in popular areas in public spaces of Belfast.
Information Creator: Georgios Varoutsos, PhD student in Music at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast Website: https://georgiosvaroutsos.com/
A Friday afternoon with no students circling around the campus, has left a void in Queen’s quarter, …
Not much has changed with Queen’s University Belfast, they have opened their front doors again for l…
Recording in front of the local university, main road which has much of the pedestrian and vehicle t…
Recording in front of the local university, however, space has begun to be quieter and subtle sounds…
Recording in front of the local university, space is calmer, windy, and less commotion in the area. …
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