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Space – We – Space

by GK · Leipzig · 18 stations · 60:01 min · 1599 m · Walk

1. Blue Gate

60:01 min · Enter the passway on the left hand side. In there you will find a blue gate. Be careful that the gate does not touch the wall behind it. Press your...
117 m

2. Traffic Light Handrail

Cross Karl-Heine-Straße at the traffic light. On the other side of the road there is a green handrail. Explore its tones by pressing your ear onto ...
4 m

3. Electrical Box

A step further from the traffic light and the handrail there is an electrical box. Get closer and listen to its humming. You may also whisper into ...
137 m

4. Small Footpath

Follow the small foot path, play with the leaves of ivy.
5 m

5. Clapping the Passage

You now find another passway at the end of Weißenfelser Straße. Change your position between the buildings and clap your hands. Reverb is quite sur...
2 m

6. 3 Flagpoles

On the other side of the passway there are flag poles. Press your ear against the pole and play the strings. Afterwards continue and cross the road...
78 m

7. 2 Rocks

Once you entered the park, walk towards the playground and find these two rocks. Lean your head against a rock and rub your sleeves against the sto...
9 m

8. Tree

Listen to a tree. Press your ear onto the trunk, pull the textile belts above your head, and hit the wooden poles. You can hear different drumming ...
20 m

9. Swings

Walk towards the redish left leg that holds the swings. Enter and clap.
11 m

10. Handrail

Pass the swings and explore the grey handrail. Press your ear onto the top and gently start hiting different parts of the structure. Be careful – i...
121 m

11. Danger Sign

Follow the route further into the park towards your left until you can sea the train tracks and the danger sign. Explore the sound qualities of the...
107 m

12. Metallfenster

Find this little shed next to the path. Sing, scream, and talk into the little wholes of the metal plates that secure the windows. Play with your v...
85 m

13. Tor

Next to the shed you find this gate. Press an ear onto the big metal bar that holds the gate with its hinges. Move the gate and listen to its singi...
147 m

14. Zollschuppen

Continue the path until you reach the old custom's shed. Walk up the stairs and stamp your feet. Can you hear the ground changing?
178 m

15. Terrasse

At the end you will find an open terrace. Widen your perspective. Widen your ears. Then look around – What kind of sound sources can you find? Spra...
50 m

16. Ping Pong Table

lie down on the pink pong table and listen to the sounds of sports. Footballs against the bars, kids shouting and laughing. Can you also hear some ...
67 m

17. Röckener Straße

Try to walk blindly. You can also run and listen to your body sounds after stopping – but please open your eyes before you run.
461 m

18. Ende

Once you have reached the playground with its swings, the walk is over. Sit down and reflect. Listen to the sparrows in the bushes.
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Space – We – Space

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The audio walk invites listeners to explore the area surrounding Plagwitzer Bahnhof in Leipzig and to discover its hidden sound treasures. Listeners simply start the audio, follow the route, and discover the hidden sound spots along the way. The pictures provide hints how to find these spots and how to use them. Listeners can listen to the composition that uses these sounds but they can also pause the recorded audio and do their own musical interpretation playing recommended city instruments. The audio walk invites listeners to interact with the environment and aims to broaden their perception of urban musicality.

SPACE–WE–SPACE. is a binaural sound walk composition that explores the city as music. It creates an impossible space that reflects upon change by mixing sounds that are present with those that are not. The borderline between reality and fiction shifts as sounds open and close different worlds. Daily sounds in a post-industrial area, now frequented for leisure time, become extraordinary by a shift in perspective.

The composition is the result of a live on-air experiment for radiolab of seanaps festival 2019. While Lena Löhr and Martina Weber led two groups for a sound walk, Carina Pesch was floating between these groups as a mic on two legs grasping hidden resonances and traces of human interactions with the environment. She streamed these sounds to the temporary studio where JD Zazie modulated and composed in real time before airing. This 2-hours composition was reworked to an 1-hour composition by Carina Pesch and then relocated on the map for an audio walk. Recordings were done with a set of binaural mics and a contact mic, therefore it is perfect for an audio walk that is usually listened to with headphones.

Credits:
sound walk composition: Carina Pesch
workshop led by Lena Löhr & Martina Weber
live sound recordings: Carina Pesch
other sound recordings: JD Zazie, Carina Pesch
live composition: JD Zazie
postproduction & composition: Carina Pesch
production management: Tina Klatte
pictures: Leon Seidel, Carina Pesch
production: GERÄUSCHKULISSE & Seanaps 2019

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by GK (GERÄUSCHKULISSE e.V.)
created on 1/19/20

1. Blue Gate

Enter the passway on the left hand side. In there you will find a blue gate. Be careful that the gate does not touch the wall behind it. Press your...
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