Do ship sirens sing the same way in all ports? What echoes run from one quay to another and what sounds are reflected and propagated from sea to sea?
When the fog horns of boats from Valparaiso in Chile mark lunchtime, the sirens from Piraeus to Athens in Greece sound in unison on a holiday. In Istanbul, birds accompany passengers embarking and disembarking… Monica Fantini holds up a huge acoustic mirror to the ports of the world and their sirens.
An episode made with recordings from the sound map oflisten to the world :
- Valparaiso, Chile: Noon in Valparaiso, Emilie Mousset
- Piraeus, Athens, Greece: Fog Horns, Felix Blume
- Istanbul, Turkey: The port, the seagulls, Flavien Gillié
Both a radio program broadcast every Sunday in RFI’s news bulletin and as a podcast on this page and participatory platform, Listening to the World lets you hear the cultures, languages and imaginations of the world through the sounds of five continents. The participatory and scalable platform www.ecouterlemonde.net offers sound postcards and recordings. To date, 245 sound recordings are available for free access.
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