Archive for the ‘Vancouver Soundscape’ Category
Vancouver Soundscape Chronicles }{ Bell Tower of False Creek }{ Phase 3: Super 8
This is the film component of the Bell Tower of False Creek project. The full 10-minute version will premiere at Resonance and Remembrance: An Interdisciplinary Bell Studies Symposium at the University of Michigan in March 2017. Preview Edit: Synopsis: A thick fog gathers under Vancouver’s Burrard Bridge in the winter of 2013, blotting out the […]
In: Acoustic Cartography, Acoustic Ecology, Architecture, Archives, Soundwalking, Vancouver on Film, Vancouver Soundscape
City Song : A Forgotten Gem from the CBC Vancouver Archives
The UN has declared October 27th World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, intended to function “as a mechanism to raise general awareness of the need for urgent measures to be taken and to acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents as an integral part of national identity.” In that spirit I’m posting a short essay (see below) that […]
In: Archives, Film Reviews, Film Sound, Music, Uncategorized, Vancouver on Film, Vancouver Soundscape
Vancouver Soundscape Chronicles }{ Mapping the WSP Archive
The Longitudinal Project: Phase One [Click above image for link to full version on Google Maps.] This map plots locations that have been revisited for sound recording by the World Soundscape Project across the three iterations of its Vancouver case study over the last 40 years. The pins on the map are each associated with a […]
In: Acoustic Cartography, Acoustic Ecology, Sound Technology, Soundwalking, Vancouver Soundscape
Vancouver Soundscape Chronicles }{ Bell Tower of False Creek
“Bell Tower of False Creek” is a multimedia research/creation project investigating the rich history and complex sociocultural dynamics in play in the area surrounding Burrard Bridge, which spans False Creek in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It began while on assignment making new recordings for the archive of the World Soundscape Project as part of my postdoctoral […]
In: Acoustic Cartography, Acoustic Ecology, Architecture, Sound Installation, Soundwalking, Vancouver Soundscape
Vancouver Soundscape Chronicles }{ My Arrival
It’s World Listening Day! To help mark the day I am beginning a new blog series reporting on my post-doctoral research with the World Soundscape Project at Simon Fraser University. I begin with my arrival on campus and immersion within the WSP community last fall. September 2012 was a spectacular time to be in Vancouver. […]
In: Architecture, Film Sound, Sound Technology, Vancouver Soundscape