Nice Rain by Gilles Aubry
performance and discussion
May 10th 2013 h 19.00
Kollwitzstraße 97 1 Berlin
The project Nice Rain
takes the city of Berlin as a pretext for exploring the notion of urban
sound document from the perspective of a diversity of recording
practices and intentions. Confronted with the difficulties to discover
new strong narratives by simply listening to the Berlin public space,
I've decided to explore instead the narratives embedded within already
existing audio documents related to the city. As an alternative to a
classic city soundscape like some of my previous works, I will present a
collection of Berlin audio recordings from the personal archive of
various practitioners who I know personally, some living in Berlin and
some elsewhere.
While all of the recordings
will be referring to Berlin as their location, each one will represent a
specific recording practice corresponding to an intention more or less
defined by its author. The live mixing of these files over multiple
loudspeakers will thus be an attempt to create something like a
soundscape of (documentary) intentions, while at the same time
generating an arbitrary sound travel through various public locations of
the city.
One aim of the project is
also to discuss and re-situate the community of field recording
practices within a field of intentionality and reflexivity, as possibly
opposed to a logic of place.
With announced text and audio contributions by:
More infos and update: www.thisistheendproject.com
Photo: Jodi Rose 2008