Asia sound exploration 2
Drifting: with MFA Creative Media student Nicolas from France.
Drifting I've done unintentionally throughout my past in numerous situations.
In high school bored in suburbia: driving aimlessly into interesting industrial outskirts. Partially inspired by Infiltration magazine. and later influence discovery of Situationists, which put theory to what we were doing.
Gafitti: Accompanying friends in their ventures - Aimless wandering, quality time and life - Exploration of interesting urban areas, rooftops, train tracks and bridges.
Now: Sound walks - exploring sounds of urban spaces. The new sounds, the city noise, the hum of architecture and industry. Deciphering meaning from sound, above and below city lines, and discovering new spaces.
Asia is really not accustomed to people exploring and pushing traditional uses of spaces and things. People follow rules strictly and expect everyone else to do so as well - for the greater good of the people. People don't litter, don't jaywalk, and do simply as they are told by the signs and intercom warnings surrounding you telling you - no littering, do not enter, wash your hands!, don't flush objects down the toilet, watch your belongings, no hawking... When someone is seen breaking such commonly known rules, you are shunned by the public. Perhaps the society functions better that way. Large cities are surprisingly clean and efficient. People follow rules so strictly that often security does not know how to react when people do break them.
In North America and other places, uses of places and things are often put to the extreme by curious youth. Thus the police are always hard on their backs. People are also not understanding of the activities of “art students” in Hong Kong. Some places if you are seen exploring strange places or doing something not expected, people will ignore you if you aren’t doing anything bad. People can be understanding and kind if you simply want to record the sounds for a minute within a paid area. But in Hong Kong it is utterly unacceptable. The “art student” excuse does not fly even if activities are utterly harmless.
Drifting I've done unintentionally throughout my past in numerous situations.
In high school bored in suburbia: driving aimlessly into interesting industrial outskirts. Partially inspired by Infiltration magazine. and later influence discovery of Situationists, which put theory to what we were doing.
Gafitti: Accompanying friends in their ventures - Aimless wandering, quality time and life - Exploration of interesting urban areas, rooftops, train tracks and bridges.
Now: Sound walks - exploring sounds of urban spaces. The new sounds, the city noise, the hum of architecture and industry. Deciphering meaning from sound, above and below city lines, and discovering new spaces.
Asia is really not accustomed to people exploring and pushing traditional uses of spaces and things. People follow rules strictly and expect everyone else to do so as well - for the greater good of the people. People don't litter, don't jaywalk, and do simply as they are told by the signs and intercom warnings surrounding you telling you - no littering, do not enter, wash your hands!, don't flush objects down the toilet, watch your belongings, no hawking... When someone is seen breaking such commonly known rules, you are shunned by the public. Perhaps the society functions better that way. Large cities are surprisingly clean and efficient. People follow rules so strictly that often security does not know how to react when people do break them.
In North America and other places, uses of places and things are often put to the extreme by curious youth. Thus the police are always hard on their backs. People are also not understanding of the activities of “art students” in Hong Kong. Some places if you are seen exploring strange places or doing something not expected, people will ignore you if you aren’t doing anything bad. People can be understanding and kind if you simply want to record the sounds for a minute within a paid area. But in Hong Kong it is utterly unacceptable. The “art student” excuse does not fly even if activities are utterly harmless.
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