Documentology

Release 01

mitsa and erica

title: "no birds on field recordings"

duration: 5:16

description: An audio track with parts of mitsa's and erica's conversations, one evening at nordplein. It is composed as two parallel monologues. On the left speaker is mostly erica's voice and on the right side mostly mitsa's. Talkin mostly about public space, field recording in public spaces, the position of the one that records and the one that is being recorded, the difference between soundscape and pure library sounds, how to choose what is urgent to be published, while the sounscape of nord plein is present

score: start recording in a public space while we have a free conversation.

input [raw material]: field recordings

tools [used but not seen/heard everything /from tools to software/ used to obtain the material and modify the material]: zoom recorder, reaper for editing.

process log [steps, process, curation]: 1. meet at nord plein 2. record the soundscape while discussing 3. choice of the material and edit

output [public outcome]: [1]

who? [the person/group that worked on it]: mitsa and erica