Acoustic ecology. When thinking about my other audio document ideas I wasn’t too happy. It’s not that I think they’re bad as I might still go with it. I just always feel like pushing myself into learning or writing about something I’m interested in but not know a lot about. When it comes to both those subjects being Bossa Nova or Hip Hop. I have extensive knowledge about it that I don’t feel I’d be adding any substantial amount by doing research. Of course, there is always more to learn and contextualise but this particular idea I’m more interested in.
Going back to most of the blog posts from the first year and more recently in general. The idea of escapism is a huge thing. I’m interested in how sound and more importantly sound scapes affect us internally and psychologically. I’ve always wondered about the effects of noise pollution on human beings and how it affects our mental health. Huge cities like London with all our technology and industrial advances have made noise pollution at an all-time high. The true effects of noise pollution are yet to be fully understood. I also wanted to relate it to sound arts and the cannon towards what a sound artist is. I had an idea on perhaps sound designing cities the same way we would room for a studio or a film. I thought about a future career in sound arts for helping design cities so they are no longer noisy areas. This also has social issues, typically council housing is on cheap plots of land next to loud main roads. Where the more privileged people have lovely homes away from loud noise filled cities. The idea of suburban living away from the hustle and bustle.
The idea of the audio document will be about our relationship to sound and noise pollution in cities and how it affects us. Then what the role of a sound designer/artist can be to make our cities more enjoyable to live in. Perhaps permanent installations?