SENSE OF PLACE: WALKING AROUND SHEFFIELD

To start off on our sound project, I began by walking around Sheffield with my partner Danayet Gezaie. We went to the train station and heard a variety of sounds from people walking with their luggage to the café machine, sliding doors, birds, people chatting and people buying tickets. All these sounds gave me an idea of travelling and the concept of things converging together like a trading dock.

We also visited the (Millennium Gallery) and there was a sound exhibition called ‘Inside the circle of fire’ by Chris Watson. The experience of hearing the sounds with loud speakers in that room was fascinating. Different sounds reminded me of places I had been to before like a market place, stadium and nature. The speakers also influenced me to listen to other sounds on-line using headphones, that way I'm submerged into the sounds and not hearing any external sounds.

We passed the winter garden which represented nature. It also reminded me of sounds of nature and places I could record them such as parks or gardens. The last place we went to was the cathedral. It was so quiet such that you could hear the sounds of the construction workers and doors opening. It reminded me of the Pantheon and the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.