noise – Sound Resource Site

Marco Fusinato – Constellations

Categories: Exhibition + Installation + Performance, Physiology - The Body
Categories: noise, sound and site, Sound and the Body

A 40-metre wall with a 1.5-metre gap at each end is built to bisect the gallery. Hidden
inside the wall are a series of microphones connected to a PA system. The entrance side of the gallery is empty. On the other side of the gallery, coming out from the bisecting wall a baseball bat is attached to a steel chain. The audience is invited to strike the wall. Their action is amplified at 120db….Continue Reading Marco Fusinato – Constellations

Film – In Pursuit of Silence

Categories: Story and narrative
Categories: noise, silence, sound and culture

A meditative film about our relationship with sound and the impact of noise on our lives. Soon silence will have passed into legend… –Jean Arp from the kickstarter project: ABOUT THE FILM In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative film about silence, our relationship with sound, and the impact of noise on our lives. In…Continue Reading Film – In Pursuit of Silence

Historical Soundscape of NYC

Categories: Culture History & Identity, Media and technology
Categories: noise, sound and culture

An interactive site I stumbled upon that maps out noise complaints from 1920s NYC:…Continue Reading Historical Soundscape of NYC