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View all search resultsSound of X: Exploring different cities through sounds, videos
At this time of isolation, social distancing and travel restrictions, the Sound of X project offers a unique way for us to explore different places through video soundscapes.
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sing sounds and acoustics as the basis for their urban reimaginations, artists and musicians explore their sonic environment to propose a unique way to reconnect with cities and spaces at the time of the pandemic, which has forced people all over the world into isolation.
The explorations were conducted as part of Sound of X, an international digital project initiated by Goethe-Institut that showcases video soundscapes.
For the project, artists and musicians from cities across Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand examine the ignored soundtrack of a city and how the musicality of everyday life reveals its characteristic social fabric.
“People who grew up in different cities have sounds that act as a background [soundtrack] to our daily activities; the sounds that end up being dear to us,” said sound engineer Rani Fitriana Jambak, one of the creators of a video highlighting Medan, North Sumatra, for the project.
“I grew up listening to sounds of horns coming from bread vendors while in Auckland’s video, [we see that] the creators grew up listening to the sound of the wind.”
For the project, Rani, filmmaker Evi Ovtiana and producer Matthias Jochmann created a video soundscape of Medan, Indonesia’s third-biggest city and is diverse in ethnicities, cultures and religions.
