Wednesday, November 23, 2005

re/placed

If you're in the south west of the big blob that makes up nearly a third of Australia's land mass (Perth/Fremantle) then you can amuse yourself for half an hour with headphones and your feet.
"strange strolls"
http://perditaphillips.com/projects/strange_strolls/index.html
offers you a choice of soundwalks around fremantle's west end, I made a little Choose Your Own Adventure affair with a few junctures of choice for the pedestrian sound art lovers among the Moores' Building's visitors between nov 18 and dec 18.
Meanwhile, walking in the Deep North offers new and emerging noise fans a head full-o-sound as cicadas burl up for this year's pre-Wet season volume awards. After the sterling early efforts by crickets (and as always utes and dogs) the cicadas are surging forward with their range of piercing songs from *rrreeeagh* to *eeeeeeee*. The best contestants are yet to come as the rains increase and the heat creeps higher.