A teacher walks up to me and started asking me these questions. So I figured I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and I answered them accordingly. It went as followed:
The Teacher: Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen?
DIRK:oh yes very much so. Inside the union, there was an overwhelming amount of noises and sounds. I loved the transition between inside, the loudness, and outside, the quiet peacefullness of the community. I loved the parking garage too.
The Teach: Was it possible to move without making a sound?
DIRK: For me it wasn't possible. I'm sure there was some sort of micro-sound forming from my shoes or my jeans.
DR. Professor:What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them?
DIRK: When I plugged my ears, all I heard was the extreme low noises and the loud ones. Unplugging them though, that transition, was cool when you think about it, because everything sounded more crisp. Kinda like when your eyes are shut for a while.
Teacherino: In your sound log exercise, what types of sounds were you able to hear?
DIRK: let's see: vents/crushing leaves/woodchips/door open squeak/door shut/pavement/louder vent/scraping of shoe/crowd/cash register/change (coins)/window/cup/muted steps/trash cans/newspapers/notebook/bike chain/pen clicking/high heels/light buzz/reverb echo/car opening/car starting/radio/metallic ping/counting machine/printer/beeping/swirling mixture machine/chair squeak/computer type/cap of a bottle/pen tapping/pen clicking/dumpster/basketball/metallic ping/ manhole etc.
Teach-orama: Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?
DIRK: I think so. All the sounds I heard were common, as far as I was concerned. where they were coming from was tough to decifer though.
The Teachanator: Human sounds? Mechanical sounds? Natural sounds?
DIRK: The human sounds were actually quite cool, because you could kinda sense their attitudes at the time by the action sound they made. Mechanical sounds seemed extremely redundant as if it were on a loop, and the natural sounds were very constant and different each time.
Teacherman: Were you able to detect subtleties in the everpresent drone?
DIRK: I think so, if I concentrated on the drone alone it was easy.
Dr.Teacher M.D.:Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away?
DIRK: Again if I concentrated solely on one of those things at a time, I could. Sound is so layered it needs to be broken down into parts
Sir Teacher II: What kinds of wind effects were you able to detect (for example, the leaves of trees don't make sounds until they are activated by the wind)?
DIRK:The activation of wind caused many things. For instance, the leaves on the ground rustling through the grass, My papers in my notebook, even someone's hair next to me sometimes. Also wind blowing though a window or a pole.
Teachling of the planet Mars: Were you able to intervene in the urban landscape and create your own sounds by knocking on a resonant piece of metal, activating wind chimes, etc.?
DIRK: Yes, I made metallic pings on hand rails and flag poles or by walking on a man-hole.
Wise-One of The North: Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape?
DIRK: Actually yes I do. I think I have a better understanding of this project and how I will approach it, thanks to the soundwalk
TA:How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all?
DIRK: I think it will definitly benefit from these soundwalks, because sounds give a film another depth of feeling and life. Sounds can either enlighten someone in a romantic/drama movie or they can scare you in a horror movie and maybe even thrill you in an action movie.
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