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What is relationship between space in the city and hearing perception? How varies width of vision field in cityscapes and field of hearing in soundscapes depending on it’s density? R. Murray Shafer wrote that in rural areas sounscape is uncrowded, surrounded by pools of stillness. It gives potentiality to orientate and define surrounding. Whilst high density cities produce [...]
The importance of silence iPhone application to find quiet places. More info about project and author here. Europe’s noise map. European Environment Agency has launched map, revealing which European citizens are exposed to excessive acoustic pollution. More info about project and author here. Projects which synthesize or transform existing soundscape RoadMusic by Peter Sinclair. All sounds are generated by mini [...]
Yesterday we had conversation with Carlos abut perception and impact of soundsape. Background sounds (or noise) are always following us. And unlike the sight, we can not escape from them. Apart direct perception what is happening and what you hear, our bodies are influenced physically and psychologically by frequencies and levels of sounds. Our hearing [...]
I have recorded outside sounds in apartment I live in. Records were made at different time of the day – noon, afternoon, evening and night. Then I have tried to distinguish different features and components of sounds that were recorded. Monday, April 15, 13:06 sounds from construction site alarm signal sound from traffic lights cars noise [...]
Recently I was trying to investigate more in urban noise and it’s impact on human. Here are some hints which I found interesting Julian Treasure talks about sound impact on human in four different aspects which can affect both in positive and negative ways: Physiological. Influence breathing, heart rate and brainwaves, balance. Psychological. Music or natural [...]