radio aporee

[hmwut]

http://aporee.org/maps/

not sure if you guys are familiar with this website, but in their words it is "a global soundmap dedicated to field recording, phonography and the art of listening."

essentially, people from all over the world record a place for a few minutes (generally 10), and post it to the website. Through the map, you can then listen to the ambience of a myriad of locations all over the world.

this seems like a great way for us to share an often overlooked but integral aspect of our lives, as well as gain insight to where others calls home. ct is home to many different people spanning many different places & nations, and we'd all love to hear what you call home.

so: record a few minutes (preferably 10) of a place that you call integral to where you live. a public place, whether it be outdoors, in a local shopping mall, by the highway, in the forest, at the beach, whatever. just some noise that you live around. you can use your laptop or external mic to record the sound (w/ quicktime or free download of audacity on the web), find the location of the place on aporee, and then upload the file to the site (wav or mp3). then make a post here saying where the place is, and we can all use the search function on the site to get a glimpse of what it's like to be there.

to start, here's mine: sylvia lake, new jersey

[sknss]

Wow this is amazing

Am I hearing chickens?

[sparkyoriental]

this is great!

just wanted to share a little about ambience...so people who have auditory hallucinations (schizophrenics, mostly) are usually highly aware of their ambient surroundings. this is crucial for being able to distinguish between the real sounds and the hallucinations. hallucinations are always a little "off" and don't quite match up with the ambient noise. for example, you may be speaking to someone and then at the same time you are hearing a second or third voice. the "fake" voices also seem (to me, at least) to sound louder when there's more wind or ambient/distracting noise, if that makes sense. so it doesn't quite match up with nature or logic. if you are hallucinating under great distress, then it's harder to be able to focus enough to discern the real from the fake, but if you are able to be attentive, it is always possible to separate reality with practice.

[deadkitty]