Field Recording -- Drift

Nature (In the City)

During my first drift I realized that the traffic noise was hard to avoid.  So on my second drift I deviated slightly from the strategy to find secluded sounds, which ended up in me capturing more nature sounds than I thought I would.  The lesson learned is that even in an unnatural environment like the city, there are still natural element all around.  The three natural elements I chose were squirrels, water, and people.  The people make some unnatural and some natural noises.

10/22/13 2:20PM
The Squirrel (1:50 MP3)
The Squirrel (WAV)

10/22/13 3:00PM
Water (1:56 MP3)
Water (WAV)

10/22/13 4:30PM
People (1:20 MP3)
People (WAV)

Google Maps

Field Recording

Birds, Chipmunks, and Traffic (WAV 1:50)

Essay 2

The tourist is someone who goes and sees the countries and landmarks that are already well traveled.  In other words they see the things people say other people need to see.  Kalter says anti-tourism is to “reject this common path.” The anti-tourist seeks to find the neglected spaces, to find things that may or may not be worth seeing on their own. The idea is based on exploration and adventure as opposed to pre planned trips and tours.  For instance Kalter went to Mari El, home of “the last true pagans” in Europe.  He was given a grim warning by a Russian not to harm any trees while he was there lest he incur a pagan curse.  But the oposite actually happened whie he was there and a pagan ritual was performed especially for him to give him a blessing.  Both the warning and the ritual are two life experiences that he would not have gotten if he had gone to well known tourist attractions.  He chose to go somewhere that the common man would not and got something valuable out of it.  He experienced a culture that is hardly known and rarely talked about.

Drift Strategy

1.Roll 4 sided die to determine initial direction (1 north, 2 south, 3 west, 4 east)

2.Every other stop sign roll a 6 sided die to determine new direction (1-2 left, 3-4 straight, 5-6 right)

3At stop lights cross in the direction of the current walk sign.

4. When no forward path roll an appropriate die to determine direction (coin, 4 sided, 6 sides etc)

Film 116 Essay 1

Hi-Fi, Lo-Fi, and Sound Mark Essay (.doc)