exploring the role of sound and listening in natural and cultural environments
You are invited to join the World Listening Project, during two soundwalks which happen in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood on Saturday, August 1. During a soundwalk, people listen to and explore the sounds of their environment, using a score as a guide…facilitated by Dan Godston and Fereshteh Toosi; they are free and open to the public, all ages.
In “There Will Be Wind,” an article in the Chicago Reader Michael Miner writes…
Some Wisconsin residents say wind turbines are making them sick—but it’s hard to get any sympathy when you object to something as squeaky clean as renewable energy.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/theseparts09/wisconsin-wind-turbines/
Anyone who knows a little bit about the physics of vibration is aware that low frequency vibrations have long wavelengths that contribute to the ability to travel very long distances. Vibrations in the air that go lower than the threshold of human hearing can still be felt in the body (been to a disco or a “boom car” lately?).
From the Handbook On Acoustic Ecology:
Infrasonic frequencies are felt as vibrations which, if intense enough, may result in feelings of nausea, vertigo and eventual black-out or internal hemorrhaging.
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