Drift Maps

This map shows the area near campus that I covered during my drift 1 experience.

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This map covers the area down by the lake shore used in drift 2.


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Soundwalk: Tour of UWM

This is a map of the Union lower level parking structure in words. This was from 2/2/09 at 7:00pm.






















The drawing on the right is a visual display of all the events taking place in the lower lever of the union parking structure.

















To the left is an overall map of the area covered during our drift walk in class on 2/2/09.

1. Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen? Yes, any place, noisy or not, will allow for listening and attention to detail.
   
2. Was it possible to move without making a sound?We all make noise when we move and when walking in a large group, its more or less impossible to move silently. All and all, I feel we became more aware of our surroundings.
   
3. What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them? This worked really well in the Union parking lot. When you are underground, the accustics change allowing variations of noises.
   
4. What types of sounds were you able to hear? List them. If your original notes are legible, and include all of the sounds you heard, then simply link to the scanned image(s). If not, retype them so that we can read them. (Listed Above)
   
5. Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?Most of the sounds I heard on this walk were recognizeable because we deal with them every day. Heating ducts, chains, flaurecent lighting, cars, busses, and wind are commonplace in our lives and we take them for granted.
   
6. Were you able to differentiate human, mechanical, and natural sounds? Like I stated earlier, in the parking garage, the accustics change allowing variations of everyday noise. The parking garage was the only place where noises were blurred together making new and more intrrigueing sounds.
   
7. Were you able to detect subtleties, changes, or variations in the everpresent drone? Definately. I never really thought about how inconsistant vents really are.
8. Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away? The union parking lot allowed both. Hearing vehicles on the other side of the parking lot and knowing, without ever seeing them, if it was a nice vehicle or not.
   
9. Were you able to intervene in the urban landscape and create your own sounds by knocking on a resonant piece of metal, activating wind chimes, etc.? My favorite sound due to human interaction was caused while walking over heating grates in the sidewalk.
   
10. Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape? I've always appreciated the constant hum of the city. There is always something going on whether it be a bus, an emergency vehicle, a vent, a machine of some sort or just people moving around, the city offers everything.
    
11. How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all? Sound makes the movie. Without good sound effects, there would be, for example, no true scary movie.