Field recording by Mendel Kaelen
To listen closely can be a powerful education. Attuned as we are to urban and technological soundscapes that demand our attention in brute code (a text alert here, a news jingle there) we can sometimes forget to heed the subtler shifts and changes in the aural landscape around us, even whilst our bodies and minds are affected below the surface of our consciousness.
This recording moves through the ever changing soundscape of the rainforest path; cutting a cross section through the sound of birdcall, water droplets, insects of the air and of the ground, the movement of the plants themselves. The landmarks in this long recording are few and far between but this topography of sound is far from eventful.
Listen with presence. Attune to the forest.
What changes in you as you hear change?
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