Tag: Listen to the world
The sound life of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
“ Sound is memory, only memory said the poet Apollinaire. But what are our memories made of? What sounds envelop us? What language cradles our existence? Hear memories of the…
The sound life of Paris in the past
Would you like to travel on the steam trains that still circulated in Paris in the 1930s? Inaugurated in 1852, the railway line of the small belt which circled Paris…
The sound life of the island of São Miguel in the Azores archipelago
The island of Sao Miguel is the capital of the Azores archipelago (Portugal). It is a geographical “accident” in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, which hides a great natural…
São Paulo’s sonic life
In São Paulo, every Thursday, he does his market in the Pinheiros district, where he meets: street singers, pressure cookers, knife sharpeners, but also sellers of sweet bananas and fresh…
The sound life of Venice
Venice is the city where everything is heard, where everything is listened to: the voice, the footsteps, the breath of the other. Venice is the city of contrasts. In the…
The sound life of Algiers – Listening to the world
Do we know how to talk about our listening, how to describe it? Algerian filmmaker Yazid Arab talks about his way of listening to the city. He delivers his portrait…