2020-07-04-St Annes Cathedral-Lockdown 1-Part 2

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Recorded at 7:10pm Standing in the local park across the cathedral brought on new perspectives, I was able to stand in the middle of this giant circle area listening to people at different points in the park. There were kids somewhere in far back that were just hanging out together, to my left two men who were discussing something quite important, workers leaving the office, and even some guests for a local hotel to my right. This one spot generated multiple sonic activities as if we weren’t just in lockdown for almost three months. People just went back to what they were doing, as almost nothing happened.


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Sounding Belfast During Covid-19 (Lockdowns)

Sounding Belfast During Covid-19 (Lockdowns)

Belfast
What you need: Mobile phone + headphones/earphones Instructions: Go to one of the 17 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. The recordings focus on periods of Lockdowns (1-3), the Exit Strategies (Summers 2020 and 2021), as well as the Removed Restrictions. Currently, there are 78 audio files on the map and 17 areas recorded: Albert Memorial Clock Arthur Square Belfast City Hall Botanic Gardens Cathedral Quarter Church Lane Commercial Court Dublin Road Great Victoria Street Laverys Bar Belfast Lisburn Road Queen’s Arcade Queen’s University Belfast Shaftesbury Square St-Anne’s Cathedral The Entries Bridge Street 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. Post-experience survey: https://forms.office.com/r/Fp1PwthWS2 Information Creator: Georgios Varoutsos, PhD student at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast Website: https://georgiosvaroutsos.com/ Research Project: https://georgiosvaroutsos.com/covid-19/
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