The sounds reveal themselves one by one
Apr 08, 2020, 01:58 PM
Ghent lockdown sound recorded by Stijn Dickel.
"The first thing that strikes me when I arrive at the market is the noise. I expected it to be super quiet, but nothing could be further from the truth: the sound of striding trams, rogging and snarling structure works, patrolling police cars thundering over the cobblestones ... There is one big difference compared to "normal" times: all sounds reveal themselves one by one, as if they have agreed on a turn role.
"Because the sounds appear much more serial instead of parallel, all acoustic reflections are also much more audible. Sounds are doubled by echoes, sometimes giving the impression that not one but two bicycles are passing. Percussive sounds of, for example, a slamming door echo much longer. In other words, there is much more depth and dynamics audible, and the space of the city gives the sound much more breath."
"The first thing that strikes me when I arrive at the market is the noise. I expected it to be super quiet, but nothing could be further from the truth: the sound of striding trams, rogging and snarling structure works, patrolling police cars thundering over the cobblestones ... There is one big difference compared to "normal" times: all sounds reveal themselves one by one, as if they have agreed on a turn role.
"Because the sounds appear much more serial instead of parallel, all acoustic reflections are also much more audible. Sounds are doubled by echoes, sometimes giving the impression that not one but two bicycles are passing. Percussive sounds of, for example, a slamming door echo much longer. In other words, there is much more depth and dynamics audible, and the space of the city gives the sound much more breath."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds