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Unnamed Sound Project

Audio  Runtime : 00:37 Recording Location Sound Reveal

Field Recording

Three Field Recordings: (.wav) 1| Date: 3/6/2020, Time: 2:30, Runtime: 00:59 Audio 1 2| Date: 3/6/2020, Time: 2:50, Runtime: 0:36 Audio 2 3| Date: 3/6/2020, Time: 3:00, Runtime: 0:43 Audio 3 Drift Strategy: I took a package of sour patch kids with me to my starting location, outside Riverview dorms. I picked a candy at random whenever the path divided. If the path had not divided in more then three minutes then I would pick another candy. The color of the candy signifies what I do. Divided Path: Green/yellow: left Orange: right Red: stop and record sound Three Minutes: Green/orange: Walk forward another three minutes/until you reach a fork in the road Red/Yellow: stop and record sound

Essay 2

In an interview, David Kalder speaks about his term ‘anti-tourist’ and how it changes the way one navigates the world. An anti-tourist can be seen as the embodiment of the places they visit, embracing the humility and invisibility of the environment. They reject any presumptions as to when and where a tourist is to travel, as the place they visit rejects the accommodations and expectations destinations upheld. Kalder continues to state that anti-tourists ‘prefer dead things to living ones’ and ‘...disorientation over enlightenment’ (Kalder). In these statements, Kalder establishes the anti-tourist as a seeker of experiences that are antithetical to the convention. A place that has been seen and written about countlessly is nearly impossible to be seen and comprehended for oneself. Alternatively, if one rejects the common path and pursues their own trajectories, they ‘...step into the wastelands and forgotten zones that are neglected in the standard form of tourism’ (Kalder). Anti-tour...