Petra

Walk through a Timescape: 
Your feet here: in randomly chosen locations - selected by pins dropping on a map in a classroom.
Your ears back in time:
immersed in sounds that mix memories and questions triggered by the locations. Real time sound recordings at the time of Summer Solstice mixed with sounds of significance to each student provide an archive of a moment in time during Playshop 2023.
A walk by Design Students of Playshop, B16. Each sound is authored by a different student. For ease of listening download the walk to your phone before starting.

On the side of the playground, someone could be heard running and panting. Every now and then someone would walk and talk. The tennis court on the far left is being played. You can imagine the sound of students cheering, clapping and referees blowing whistles on the playground.

操场的侧边，可以听到有人跑步和喘气的声音。时不时会有人在边散步边聊天。最左侧网球场有人在打球。你可以幻想到操场上运动会同学们加油呐喊、鼓掌、裁判吹哨的声音。

starling

I recorded the playground at night. The insects were screaming. I added some rock sounds, which I recorded at school last year, when I accidentally spilled water outside, and then I heard the sound of the stones sizzling, probably from the cracks between the stones
我是在晚上录的操场，有虫叫声。我加入了一些石头的声音，加入的声音是我去年在学校录的，那次是不小心把水撒在室外，然后我就听见石头滋滋滋的声音，可能是石头之间的缝隙发出的声音

goldfinch

hoopoe

The sound of flowing water hitting stones is very thick, and I want to blend in with the crisp sound of wind chimes. The wind chime translated the sound of the wind sweeping over the water and played a small piece together with the sound of the water flow.  流水击打石头的声音很厚重，便想融入风铃清脆的声音。风铃转译了风掠过水面的声音，和水流声合奏出一首小曲。

The sound of flowing water hitting stones is very thick, and I want to blend in with the crisp sound of wind chimes. The wind chime translated the sound of the wind sweeping over the water and played a small piece together with the sound of the water flow.

夏夜的校园里有一种异常的宁静，人很少，反而能听到很多在往日被忽视的声音。坐在工坊不远处的长凳上，排风扇的声音一直存在着，像是一种特殊的陪伴。夏至的蝉鸣异常得嘹亮，和闷热的夜晚融为一体。午后的雨水自排水管滑落，砸在地上，作为雨的回忆与下午的滂沱大雨交织相依。 
There is an unusual tranquility in the summer night campus. There are few people, but many voices that were ignored in the past can be heard. Sitting on the bench not far from the workshop, the sound of the exhaust fan is always there, like a special companionship. The chirping of cicadas in the summer solstice is unusually loud, blending in with the sultry night. The rainwater in the afternoon slipped from the drainpipe and hit the ground, and the memory of rain was intertwined with the torrential rain in the afternoon.

这段声音是水流、草地上行走和乐队结合在一起的，除了该地点原有的水流声和人在上面的行走声，这块湖心岛也常常作为举行活动的地点，声音中的摇滚乐是由我们学院的乐队在五周年校庆活动中演唱的歌曲，所以每次我走过这里，耳边都会想起同学们演奏的声音。这让我感到很有趣。This sound is a combination of water flow, walking on the grass and the band. In addition to the original sound of running water and people walking on it, this island in the middle of the lake is also often used as a place to hold activities. The rock music in the sound is a song sung by our college band in the 5th anniversary celebration, so every time I walk by here, I can remember the sound of students playing. It's interesting to me.

Located between two teaching buildings, a small space. During school hours, you can hear students talking, and most of the time, you can only hear birds and cicadas, and occasionally there are workers working here.

我选择风声，当我们戴上耳机的时候耳机的震动会让我感觉风真的再次从我耳朵里吹过。录音的时候我就把手机举高，感觉这样可以录得更清晰。到达我的录音地点会经过操场草坪，踩草地的声音是我走过操场时录下的。虫鸣、鸟叫声、树叶的碰撞声能让我感觉生命的气息，夏天的热浪也变得真实。我在这些声音的基础上加上了雨声。我从网上找到一些下雨的声音和雨水拍打地板的声音，雨水的加入让夏天的感觉更明显。
I choose the wind. When we put on the headphones, the vibrations of the headphones make me feel like the wind is really blowing through my ears again. I held my phone high while recording, because I thought it would get a better picture. To reach my recording location, I will pass the playground lawn, and the sound of stepping on the grass is recorded as I walk across the playground. The sound of insects, birds, and the clatter of leaves makes me feel the breath of life, and the heat of summer becomes real. I added the sound of rain to those sounds. I found some sounds of rain and rain beating on the floor from the Internet, and the addition of rain makes the feeling of summer more obvious.

这是教学楼的门口，在下雨天时，学生打着伞向教室走去，这是雨打在伞上的声音，还有一点微弱的鸟叫声，上楼的声音，学生来来往往，互相谈论。
This is the entrance to the school building. On a rainy day, students walk towards their classrooms with umbrellas, which is the sound of rain hitting the umbrellas, and a little faint sound of birds chirping and going up the stairs, as students come and go, talking to each other.

This is downstairs at number seven，When I was sitting here before, the sound of turning on the tap came from the bathroom next to me, and the sound of rain dripping reminded me of the guzheng played by my grandfather in the morning when I was young at home, and I wanted to combine the sound
这里是在7号楼下，以前坐在这里的时候，从旁边的浴室里传来拧水龙头的声音，淅淅沥沥的雨声让我想起小时候家里爷爷每天早上弹的古筝，我想把声音结合起来

我选择的声音是烟花和狗叫声，这两种声音是我以前在这个地方听到的，虽然他已经很久没有出现了。这所学校曾经有很多非常可爱的小狗，这种声音让我怀念那个时代。我选择烟花是因为我觉得学校这边在晚上非常安静，而烟花的声音在晚上是非常特别的存在。
The sounds I chose were fireworks and barking dogs, two sounds I used to hear in this place, although he hasn't been around for a long time. This school used to have a lot of very cute little dogs and this sound makes me nostalgic for that time. I chose fireworks because I think this side of the school is very quiet at night and the sound of fireworks is a very special presence at night.

人与自然的碰撞，在此处蔓延回荡。不同人的脚步声重复来回，人们拎着各种袋子重复来回，风与笑声重复来回，和土地、流水、指尖，共同触碰，回响着。

The collision between human and nature spreads and reverberates here. The sound of different people's footsteps repeating back and forth, people carrying various bags repeating back and forth, the wind and laughter repeating back and forth, and the land, flowing water, fingertips, touching together, reverberating.

这个地方是学校的角落，因此是一个很安静的地方，平日几乎很少有人会走到这里。因此我给这个比较安静的环境赋予了一些人在活动的声音。这个地方周围有小河和小树林，我想象这里有朋友走路散心与聊天，有人在滑滑板的，有小朋友在小河边玩水、打水漂的嬉笑声。
This place is the corner of the school, so it is a very quiet place, few people will walk here on weekdays. So I gave this relatively quiet environment the sound of some people moving. There are rivers and woods around this place, I imagine that there are friends walking and chatting, some people are skateboarding, and there are children playing in the river, playing the water and laughing.

其中包含着鸟叫，风声和虫鸣。空调外机滴落的水声和水流声。你还能听见人的说话声，背后宿舍楼中的门禁声，马路上人用推车拉东西的滚轮声，脚步声。
Among them are the chirping of birds, the wind and insects. The sound of dripping water and running water outside the air conditioner. You can also hear people talking, the entrance gates in the dormitory buildings behind you, the wheels of people pulling things on the street, footsteps.

It was recorded at night, so the audio includes the sounds of running water, birds calling and some cicadas, as well as the sounds of passing classmates talking. At night, the water can't be seen, so the sound of running water is clearer.
The sound of walking on water on a rainy day was added to the original. Imagine your classmates passing by after class.
晚上记录时，音频里有水流声，鸟叫，一些蝉的声音，以及走过的同学的交谈声。夜晚的时候视线并不清晰，所以水流声更加清晰。之后，我在原来的基础上加入了雨天走路时踩在水上的声音。想象着下课后同学们经过时的情景。

这个声音包括了工人搬运建筑材料的声音，机器运作的声音，从高处落下的水流的声音，风呼呼作响的声音，树林沙沙作响的声音，以及细微的鸟叫声。这是在我经过这条路时不经意间所发生的。
This sound includes the sound of workers carrying construction materials, the sound of machines operating, the sound of water falling from a height, the sound of the wind whirring, the sound of the trees rustling, and the subtle sound of birds. It happened by accident when I passed the road.

这是我在我选择的地点所听到的声音。我发现了一捆树枝，我用力掰它们，它们断掉的声音特别清脆。如果闭上眼睛去倾听，感觉有点像冬天的时候用柴烤火，然后木头被火烤到滋滋爆裂的声音。This is the sound I heard at the place I chose. I found a bunch of branches, and I snapped them, and the sound of them breaking was so crisp. If you close your eyes and listen to it, it feels a bit like the sound of a wood being warmed by a fire in winter, and then the wood is sizzling and popping.

在操场边的小河旁，我听到水流声，风吹树叶的沙沙声混合着鸟叫，远处工地的施工声，有时候施工的声音变得很有节奏，一声车喇叭闯入耳朵。我加入了一些人的对话和在草坪上行走的声音，飞机隆隆从头顶飞过，让我放松心情想要唱歌，转化为轻快的弹舌。
By the small river near the playground, I heard the sound of water flow, the rustling of leaves mixed with bird calls, and the sound of construction at a distant construction site. Sometimes the sound of construction became very rhythmic, and a car horn burst into my ear. I joined some conversations with people and the sound of walking on the lawn, as the plane rumbled overhead, making me feel relaxed and want to sing, transforming into a lively flicks of the tongue.

我收集到的声音是宿舍楼外的人工水渠和空调混合的声音.The sound I collected is the sound of the artificial water channel mixed with the air conditioner outside the dormitory building

我所在的位置背靠着6号楼，前面有一片树林，这里一直都存在着的声音是我后面楼里传来的空调排风扇“嗡～”的声音，前方树叶被风吹得“沙沙沙”的声音，还有蝉鸣和鸟叫声。偶尔，这个电子显示屏也会传出一些音乐。音频中不属于这里的声音，是我想象现在这里是开学的时间，所以我加入了前些年大一开学时，我们在这进行军训时练习齐步走的口号声和踏步声。
I was in the back of Building 6, in front of a wooded area, where the constant sound was the "hum" of the air conditioning exhaust fan from the building behind me, the "rustling" of the leaves in front of me, and the cicadas and birds. Occasionally, the electronic display emits some music. The sound in the audio does not belong to here, but I imagine that it is the time for school to start here now, so I added the chant and step sound that we practiced in the military training here when the first year of college began a few years ago.

在这段声音中加入了多次滴水的声音，下雨后，空气非常潮湿，所有声音都浸泡在水里。水的声音是很特殊的，可以很好的躲藏在任何环境中，并且在电子音旁边加入都不奇怪。
The sound of multiple drops of water was added to this sound, and after the rain, the air was so humid that all the sounds were soaked in water. The sound of water is very special and can be well hidden in any environment, and it is not strange to add it next to electronic sounds.

This is the end of one of our busiest main roads. At noon that day, I stood here and saw the non-stop crowd of people, some classmates who were about to go home, and some workers working under the scorching sun. I heard birds chirping, gusts of wind, and hurried footsteps. Based on the current environment, I added some of the sounds I had recorded, such as the sound of trunk pulleys, sweeping floors, lighters and cicadas, etc., to make this environment sound richer and more vibrant.
这里是我们平时来往最繁忙的一条主路的尽头。这天中午我站在这里看见了往来不停息的人群，有正要回家的同学，也有在烈日下工作的工人。我听见了鸟叫，还有阵阵风声，以及往来匆忙的脚步声等。根据当下的环境，我添加了我曾经记录的一些声音，就像行李箱滑轮的声音，扫地的声音，打火机的声音和蝉鸣等，让这个环境音更加丰富而富有生机。

我所处的位置是位于里河边很近小木屋上，该声音前半部分是将木屋早上和夜晚的声音合并在一起感受不同时间维度重合的感受，后半部分我感受到虽然离水源很近但是水流平稳十分安静，因此所以我把操场附近的流水的声音跟夜晚现场屋边真正的蝉声结合在一起，来模拟在小木屋边听到流水的感受。

The first half of the sound was a combination of the morning and night sounds of the cabin, and the second half of the sound was a combination of the sound of the water flowing near the playground and the real cicadas at night by the cabin, to simulate the feeling of hearing the water flowing by the cabin. I combined the sound of the cicadas near the playground with the real cicadas by the house at night to simulate the feeling of hearing the water by the cabin.

我录制了外卖柜附近的一系列声音，有外卖员送餐时打电话声与机器的提示音，有学生取餐的声音，柜门开开关关的响动。还有后面出口学生离开校园时刷脸的声音。是一连串的记录我们每天生活的一部分的一段录音，是有关我们的一日三餐。I recorded a series of sounds near the takeaway cabinet, including the sound of delivery staff making phone calls and machine prompts when delivering food, the sound of students picking up food, and the sound of the cabinet door opening and closing. There is also the sound of students leaving the campus through the exit and scanning their faces. It is a recording of a part of our daily life, which is related to our three meals a day.

我在焦虑的时候喜欢走在河边，或者坐在石头上。我可以听见水流声时远时近，脚踩在落叶上的声音像咀嚼声，世界巨大的嘴在咀嚼我混乱的思绪。

When I am anxious I love to walk by the river or sit on that rock. I can hear the sound of the water flowing in and out, and the sound of my feet on the fallen leaves like a chewing sound. The huge mouth of the world is chewing on my thoughts.

This is the sound near my destination, there are cicadas, frogs, water, and some birds. The place I chose was quiet and there were very few people. But there's a small plantation next door, and I guess there's the sound of people working there. Then on the other side of the river there is a small square where people will do square dancing and there will also be the sound of barbecue stalls.

这是我的目的地附近的声音，有蝉，有蛙，有水声，还有一些鸟叫声。我选的地方很安静，人也很少。但是隔壁有一个小种植园，我猜会有那里有人干活的声音。然后在河的另一边有一个小广场，人们会在那里跳广场舞，同时也会有烧烤摊的声音。

通过身体与门的碰撞，带领声音进入室内。在图书馆的室内，键盘，鼠标等电子声音与人物动作，自然音相互交融，形成的人文和机械互相丰富的音频效果.
Lead the sound into the room through the collision between the body and the door. In the interior of the library, electronic sounds such as keyboards and mice blend with character movements and natural sounds, creating a rich audio effect that combines humanities and mechanics.

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