Thursday, February 1, 2007

An Audio Representation of a Train Ride in Tokyo (in words)

Old women's gossip - pressure released from neighboring train - announcement (female) - train melody chime - doors close - engine accelerates - announcement (male) - cell phone charms jingle - train passes over inconsistencies in the tracks below (a clicking noise) - train passes in the opposite direction - train's sound reverberates off buildings - engine slows - hiss from the brakes - passing through a station (reverberation changes) - vinyl bag crumpled - train slows - engine hums - train changes tracks - pressure release - another train departs - vinyl bag being swung - doors open - footsteps - doors between carts manually opened and closed - dragging footsteps - running footsteps - announcement (female) - train melody chime - doors close - engine accelerates - young men converse - train passes in the opposite direction - movement of a down jacket - train reverberation echoes over a river bridge - engine accelerates - engine slows - engine accelerates - doors shake - train reverberation echoes over a river bridge - announcement (male) - old women's gossip (continues) - man sneezes - engine slows - man snorts - engine slows further - old women coughs - young man coughs - my pen rattles - engines slow further - train passes over inconsistencies in the tracks below (a clicking noise rapidly growing louder) - passing through a station (reverberation changes) - train slows further and further - old woman coughs - people stand - doors open - footsteps

1 comment:

September said...

train experiment:

in order to penetrate more activities of the daily life(ie a new street everyday). I wanted to ride the train in a new way. I always liked the image of Einsteins Theory of Relativity, ie a persons watch on a train, and a watch off the train. Anyway, so my idea was to get on the last car, and then walk to the front of car,moving to a new car everytime the train stopped. It felt a little rushed, as I made a list of sounds I heard. Maybe next, i will go to a new station, everyday.