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Distancing

by Juniana

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This piece was part of the Extradition Series' Social Distancing Project, found on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCjQYq5Q0PRsAKe5fyU-H_IA

This piece was inspired by a field recording made by sound composer and field recordist, Geoff Gersh. I came upon his recording of Times Square, NYC during covid-19 lock down, and was haunted by the static, ambient sound. As he describes:
"Absent are the people, the traffic, the energy. Mechanical sounds from the nearby buildings now dominate the soundscape. Police cars were lined up symmetrically every block, pedestrians would stroll through the area every now and then, other police cars, EMT and NYFD trucks would slowly drive through the area. It was a huge contrast to the fast and high energy of Times Square. All of that while the signs that are all over the place still flashed video advertisements for places and products people won't be buying anymore for the foreseeable future."
The enormous emptiness of that sound is an eerie example of how, through this pandemic, the spaces around us, as well as our perceptions of those spaces have changed. Things we took for granted, we no longer do. As a result, our definitions for familiar concepts have subtly taken on new connotations. For instance:

Define: Too close
Define: Normal
Define: Home
Define: Comfort
Define: Confinement
Define: Safe

These ruminations fueled this sound journey, which concludes with the lively noise of downtown Portland on a pre-pandemic summer day; adjacent to the surreal, empty sound of midtown New York City during lockdown.

Geoff Gersh: geoffgersh.com/music
soundcloud.com/fieldrecordingscovid19

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released October 21, 2022

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Juniana uses Sound to build or open up a door to a space- a place where you can get lost without risk. The voice of our world at its current stage; the sounds that exist seemingly randomly, joined together through introduction. She listens to what they have to say and how they do or don't relate to each other, and gives them life and relationships. ... more

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