Episode 7: Tourism (1)

EP07 uses sections of durational recordings from Japan.

During a joint residency with Pheobe, my daughter, in Japan, 2018 she created a series of works; ‘tourist’ (film, photography, installation, sound) focused on the border between being tourist and visiting a country for the first time with another purpose also; the aspect of being an observer and a participant. These recordings reflect some moments of our time spent closely listening to open windows, shinkansen signals, ultrasonics of Edogawa at night and a workshop garden open window.

Nara | Pheobe riley Law

Shinkansen signals | Pheobe riley Law

Edogawa at night | JrF

Workshop garden | JrF

Listening is more than hearing. It’s about letting sounds in and that requires a letting go of control, and a recognition (for

artist, recordist, audience) of the intuitive response being a natural part of our species.

nb. headphone listening or via audio speakers is recommended as

some of the frequencies are inaudible via computer speakers