Research Questions

• Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen? Yes.
• Was it possible to move without making a sound? Yes.
  
• What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them? I could hear the lower frequency sounds when they were plugged and the higher frequency sounds when they were unplugged.
  
• In your sound log exercise, what types of sounds were you able to hear? List them. I heard a vent, paper torn out, stepping on leaves, stepping on sticks, backpacks rustling, jackets rustling, keys jingling, the sound of pen on paper, people walking on cement, doors opening and many more.
  
• Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place? Yes.
  
• Human sounds? Mechanical sounds? Natural sounds? I heard people walking, people coughing. I heard the noise of a bus. I heard brakes squealing and the rumble of a motorcycle passing by. I heard the wind and the sound of the grass rustling. I also heard the sound of leaves rustling.
  
• Were you able to detect subtleties in the everpresent drone? Yes.
• Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away? I heard extremely close sounds but there were a few points I thought I heard the sounds of wind chimes from far away.
  
• What kinds of wind effects were you able to detect (for example, the leaves of trees don't make sounds until they are activated by the wind)? I heard the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves of the trees. I heard the sound of the grass rustling.
  
• Were you able to intervene in the urban landscape and create your own sounds by knocking on a resonant piece of metal, activating wind chimes, etc.? Sometimes.
  
• Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape? Yes.
  
• How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all? It will help me appreciate the power of sound and will probably help me put more emphasis on sound in my work as a media artist.