Janet Cardiff’s project her Long Black Hair audio walk was my first encounter with a sound art project that was truly impactful and memorable. The sound crafted a narrative and tone in an extremely surreal and experiential manner. The audio wouldn’t have had that profound of an impact without the person in real life having to walk slowly through Central Park at Cardiff’s pace, listening to her poetic internal dialogue. When beginning the audio the viewer is triggered with a feeling of volatility and anxiety because the environment is uncontrolled and open as the project begins. This is a stark contrast to the enclosed gallery space where art pieces are carefully presented exactly how they are intended to be. It felt a large component of this project was seemingly left to chance if the audio and visual environment would work cohesively. However, the two formats worked eerily well together and the level of synchronicity felt uncanny at times. For example, in part one of her audio piece she says ‘you have to think of all of the sounds of New York City as a symphony or else you’ll go a bit crazy.” A soundscape then played that begins with what it appears to be someone groaning that evolves into various service siren noises and cars honking that seamlessly blend into a sound. As a New Yorker, you grow to become completely unconsciousness of your auditory environment and by Cardiff placing the human groan which then transitions to all of these various sounds the viewer is re-awakened to there environment.  This part was uncanny for me because the soundscape resembled the traffic pattern at that exact moment as the soundscape played.  This part was very interesting in how New Yorkers bulk processes their auditory environment and overall her project made me see sound art in a different light.