Project 03 / Ambisonics · Sonic Heritage
Sound of a Street.
A spatial audio research project exploring the sonic identity of streets, markets, and everyday public spaces. The work documents disappearing soundscapes through ambisonic recording and investigates how sound can function as a cultural archive.
- Type
- Ambisonics · Sound Design
- Year
- 2023 — Ongoing
- Role
- Field Recordist · Sound Designer
- Location
- South India
- Medium
- Spatial Audio · Field Recording · Web
Context
A street is a composition.
Vendors, bells, calls, engines, footfall — each street carries an auditory signature as specific as its architecture. When streets transform, that signature is lost without record.
Process
Ambisonic capture in the field.
Recordings are made with a first-order ambisonic array and decoded for binaural and spatial playback. Each session is paired with photographs, location notes, and a written observation.
Outcomes
An open sonic archive.
The project will publish a navigable web archive of locations and recordings, alongside a set of essays on listening, place, and disappearance.