1999
Sonic Interlude
Sitting on a staircase, on the ground floor, staring down the empty corridor, focusing on the sounds that are present, "remembering" the sounds that are not present. A car goes by outside. You can hear the whoosh from the tires on the pavement, but the sound inside does not disappear. Only the level of its presence changes, for a split second. Even if hundreds of cars were going by outside, even if thousands of people were filling the corridor in front of you, the sounds would still retain their presence. Once you realize they are there, they exist in your mental perception of that space. Even when you are standing in a corridor at a right angle to the mezzanine, where no sound work exists, you "hear" the sounds in front of you. Your anticipation, your memory also becomes integral to this architecture which has forever changed.
©MNE