Siren virus, 2020

Jun 12, 2020, 09:47 AM

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Chicago lockdown sound reimagined by Maya Nguen.

"Siren virus dwells in the material entrails of the sounds of the pandemic. A recording of ambulance sirens is stretched in time, transforming a passing siren into a sustained, textural reflection on the pandemic as prolonged, ongoing emergencies. In this temporal distortion, a space emerges for an extended experience of urgency."

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