Caring for the hum
Online, Youtube videos are gathering millions of viewers to listen to the best Air Conditioners sounds to relax. I collected some anonymous intimate comments found under those videos and mixed them with different 'hums' I recorded in the city, being fascinated by the ambiguous affective connection we can develop towards those constant, unconscious vibrations.
This piece was released in 2021 as a 4.0 installation for the exhibition 'Talk with Urban Landscape' curated by Léa Jullien. A hum soundwalk was offered to the public, to rediscover the unheard part of the soundscape they wouldn’t normally listen to.
More infos on : twul.ch and Bandcamp.
credits
Voice : Melody Chua
Recordings and Mixing : Mélia Roger