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Jessica HAMILTON - «A Morning in Sydney»

from Oceanian PhoNographic Mornings by Each Morning of the World

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Each Morning of the World #05
Oceanian PhoNographic Mornings #10/20
~ Sydney ~ Australia ~
«A Morning in Sydney»
Jessica Hamilton
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On a Sunday morning close to Sydney city we wake up to bird call competing with traffic. We have trained our ears to block out the whir of car engines passing along the freeway as trains roll over the bridge. The orchestra of birds, cicadas and crickets fades too into the wall of noise and metal against metal. On this Sunday morning we move from the harbour where water laps against man made walls and jetties, through neighbourhood streets as people start to move through shops and cafes and set up for a Sunday market. The traffic picks up with our pace and we board a busy train that takes us to an underground station in the centre of the city where the sounds of nature are lost to us completely, overtaken by machines, recorded voices and advertising. Even on a Sunday morning we are in a rush, constantly moving, focusing on progress and whatever comes next. It is unusual to speak to a stranger, my only conversation is momentary while I order a loaf of bread. We are surrounded by screens, billboards and traffic, but the city is surrounded by a stunning harbour, by mountains and national parks. The manmade and the natural sounds are at odds with each other, blending into a background wall of sound - even in the quiet of the early morning it is nearly impossible to separate a choir of crickets from the hum of a passing car.

The sounds in this piece were recorded in iconic locations in the centre of Sydney city, from the harbour walk in Kirribilli, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and through to Wynyard Station. (To be totally precise, 33.8477° S, 151.2120° E)

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Jessica Hamilton
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Jessica Hamilton is an Australian audio storyteller and podcast producer interested in documentary and place through sound.

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jessica-hamilton.com
soundcloud.com/jessicajhamilton
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from Oceanian PhoNographic Mornings, track released November 11, 2018
©redit photo : Jessica Hamilton

curated by Stéphane Marin

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