That may or may not have been the last one
Mar 27, 2021, 12:00 PM
Malaysian bus station reimagined by Emmy Tither.
"I think, for the first time in completing various Cities and Memory projects, I may be speechless when it comes to describing this piece properly.
"I guess what I can say is that I tried to reimagine the original recording in a way that combines what I hear both internally (through memories) and externally (when my window's open; I leave near a freight train line) when I lie in bed at night, mind racing with everything that is life right now. Travel has been a big part of my identity, basically since birth. I am very lucky. I miss it. Quite a lot.
"And, when travel - as a concept that involves physical movement or relocation - returns globally, I hope it is in a way that honours people and planet more than it has. I'm too pessimistic to hold my breath on that, though. But that doesn't mean I won't be deliriously happy when I get on a plane or train again, because at that point it will be with the acute knowledge that time may or may not be the last time of its kind."
Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
"I think, for the first time in completing various Cities and Memory projects, I may be speechless when it comes to describing this piece properly.
"I guess what I can say is that I tried to reimagine the original recording in a way that combines what I hear both internally (through memories) and externally (when my window's open; I leave near a freight train line) when I lie in bed at night, mind racing with everything that is life right now. Travel has been a big part of my identity, basically since birth. I am very lucky. I miss it. Quite a lot.
"And, when travel - as a concept that involves physical movement or relocation - returns globally, I hope it is in a way that honours people and planet more than it has. I'm too pessimistic to hold my breath on that, though. But that doesn't mean I won't be deliriously happy when I get on a plane or train again, because at that point it will be with the acute knowledge that time may or may not be the last time of its kind."
Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.