The Whalesong Project: Berlin - Making Music With Six Monumental Buildings

HOW TO WALK THIS SOUND WALK:

1. Download the Walk beforehand! (oval button with indication of MB next to the 'STREAM WALK' button above this text) Even if you have a very good mobile data contract, the most uninterrupted experience is ensured when the sound walk is already downloaded to your Echoes app.

2. Activate the 'Autoplay' function! When you click 'STREAM WALK' you access the walk. You will enter a map screen and at the top right hand is a 'hamburger menu' (the three horizontal stripes)! Click there and you will be presented with the 'Autoplay' option at exact that position on your screen.

3. Use so-called 'open headphones'! Open headphones have the advantage that you can hear outside noises more easily and therefore offer better environmental awareness.

Enjoy! and drop me a DM about your experience via insta @alexanderjheil

Short Description: Making Music With Six Monumental Buildings allows you to immerse yourself in the nocturnal soundscapes of six monumental buildings, while taking a walk around the Museum Island located at the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The piece will redirect your attention and alter your experience of the place and your surroundings. The result is a new, or rather a renewed perception of the place through an augmented acoustic environment.

You can find a full description of this project on my website: https://alexanderjohannes.com/thewhalesongproject-berlin/

Buildings: Altes Museum Berlin (inner portico), Berliner Dom (center under dome), Deutsches Historisches Museum (Schlüterhof), Friedrichswerdersche Kirche (choir), Neues Museum Berlin (Ägyptischer Hof), former Staatsratsgebäude der DDR (State Dining Room).