Sirens over Chicago

Jun 12, 2020, 09:47 AM

Chicago lockdown sound recorded by Maya Nguen.

"April, Chicago. two sounds rise over the technological din of the city during a pandemic: ambulance sirens and spring birds. one calls to repel, the other, to attract; one is a warning call of death, the other, a warming call of life. a strange duet for strange times."

Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds