SONIC REVEBERATIONS
by Sopia Kore & Helene Eide
As the concern for the decreasing wildlife grows, the focus of this project derives from the awareness of the reduction in seabird populations around the Norwegian Sea. Through listening as a phenomenological approach, this project seeks to create a connection between humans and seabirds in their natural soundscape, aiming to preserve the vulnerable soundscapes of wild habitats.
In an attempt to reflect upon and to work with nature and its soundscape(s) and their preservation, this project investigates geophonies and biophonies. The proposal is an acoustic space that corresponds with the soundscape as a mediator that amplifies the state of the natural habitat. A place for nature to tell and humans to listen.
The location is on Runde, an island in the south of the Norwegian Sea, a changing land- and soundscape shaped by wind, water, and seabirds throughout the seasons. It is characterized by its important cultural and biological history. The acoustic space is situated inside the remains of an old lighthouse, on the northern part of the island.
