The right place
Oct 06, 2022, 07:12 PM
"After listening to the street band playing during the Mexico lockdown, I was inspired by how life changed during that time for not just humans but the entire planet (the living ecosystem). How animals came out on the street, birds chirped throughout the day, the color of the sky turned the most beautiful blue, and so much more. Thinking back about this time, I feel there is a lot to learn from that period for cities. At least, to pause and recognize that we are not the only ones who exist.
"I used this inspiration to develop the motif of the melody played by the band in the raw recording in my own way and surround it by an ambient growing soundscape made using different synthesizers. I also used some audio clips from News during 2020/21 to give more context to the composition. The ambient soundscape grows and transforms into ocean waves and we slowly start hearing sounds of humans, nature, traffic and the street band in harmony showcasing a balance that is required for the living ecosystem to survive on earth."
Mexico lockdown band reimagined by Abhishek Sekhri.
Part of the Well-Being Cities project, a unique collaboration between Cities and Memory and C40, a global network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. The project was originally presented at the C40 Cities conference in Buenos Aires in 2022. Explore Well-Being Cities in full at https://citiesandmemory.com/wellbeing-cities/
"I used this inspiration to develop the motif of the melody played by the band in the raw recording in my own way and surround it by an ambient growing soundscape made using different synthesizers. I also used some audio clips from News during 2020/21 to give more context to the composition. The ambient soundscape grows and transforms into ocean waves and we slowly start hearing sounds of humans, nature, traffic and the street band in harmony showcasing a balance that is required for the living ecosystem to survive on earth."
Mexico lockdown band reimagined by Abhishek Sekhri.
Part of the Well-Being Cities project, a unique collaboration between Cities and Memory and C40, a global network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. The project was originally presented at the C40 Cities conference in Buenos Aires in 2022. Explore Well-Being Cities in full at https://citiesandmemory.com/wellbeing-cities/