Urban acoustics as a trending topic
How do cities sound? Basel and Lucerne are not the only cities currently asking themselves this question: the German Stadtklang 2015 campaign is making metropolitan areas sound. Anyone can upload sounds to a large sound map, share them with others and show what their own living environment sounds like.
Citizens in Germany can upload sounds to a large sound map, share them with others and show what their own city, neighborhood or home village sounds like. All uploaded sounds will be entered into a prize draw at regular intervals.
In addition to the campaign itself, the campaign website provides interesting facts about current sound and noise research in cities. Special topics include psychoacoustics and noise research, animal noises in the city, favorite places and favorite sounds, city hits and city music as well as children in the city.
In Basel, the exhibition "KlangRaum - RaumKlang" is focusing on the sound of cities until December 10. It aims to sharpen our understanding of the acoustic qualities of places and spaces. And in Lucerne, the composer Tod Machover has called on citizens to collect sounds, noises and background information in order to compose a sounding portrait of Lucerne. The symphony will be premiered on September 5 with the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra and Matthias Pintscher as part of Lucerne Festival im Sommer.
Website of Stadtklang 2015: www.stadtklang2015.de
