The project is inspired from the road that
I go across to school every day. The road seems quite normal but for me it has
a lot of meaning. The road is just in front of my room so I can see and hear
many when I open my window or on the way to prepare going school. There are
different types of cars passing by which make the horn different. People go and
cross with their earphones on, or talk to each other, or just read books. Bicycles
also make the sounds on the road interesting, as the sound of wheel dragging. This
is why I choose this road, West Lane Ave. with many personal feelings on it.
For major part of my project, I recorded
the sounds that cars pass by when the traffic lights are green. This sound of
cars is the signal of the road, which makes me recognize that I need to be
careful to watch out cars coming and going every day. Also, there is fire alarm
in my project. This really happens a lot. When I hear it, I like to imagine how
the fireman to save somebody’s life again, who make me gratified. At the
beginning of the project, I caught the sound by the sidewalk, which is the
count down to remind people that they need to walk quickly. All of these
combinations of sounds make the unique road I recorded.
