On July 8, 2011 the Soundwalk Collective departed the port of Atakoy Marina in Istanbul on a Turkish gullet with its 23 foot masts rigged with radio antennae and wired to an array of radio scanners. The goal: to create the Black Sea Diary, a unique sound portrait of the Black Sea, those who live on its shores, and what thrives beneath its waters.
Over the course of their voyage, the Soundwalk Collective will be updating AIR with sonic dispatches composed of sound fragments of the Black Sea, animal, mineral, and otherwise.
The Soundwalk Collective is composed of five members, Stephan Crasneanscki, Dug Winningham, Simone Merli, Kamran Sadeghi, and Jake Harper whose work has been exhibited at Centre Pompidou in Paris, Villa Noailles in Hyeres, MADRe Museum of Contemporary Art in Napoli, Shanghai World Expo, Abu Dhabi Biennial of Art, Maison des Arts de Creteil, and Chanel Mobile Art.
Track 1: July 11 - Communications between cargo ships, rhythms of the deep night, voices into the early morning, emergency calls, religious prayers and distant noises.
