1. Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen? There were some spaces, but most were drowned out by sounds of people walking by; mostly this was because we were walking in a big group.
2. Was it possible to move without making a sound? In a group that large, no.
3. What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them? Didn't do this. Mostly I probably would've still heard sounds, especially if I was close to my group.
4. What types of sounds were you able to hear? List them. People talking, keys jingling, footsteps, doors opening/closing, laughing behind me down hall, hiss or radiator, shuffling feet, someone touching metal railing, some sound in building, motorized vehicles, hissing in parking garage--something with pipes, car starting/driving away, pen clicking, papers shuffling, car, people walking on salt, cart on cement, hum of buildings, plastic bag rustling, bus, buses, cars, giggle, whispers, chain on metal, car, elevator dinging, chatter, doors opening, sniffle, batteries on counter, door slamming, velcro, ping pong, music, bowling, people playing pool.
5. Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had arecognizable source and those sounds you could not place? For the most part, especially if I've heard the sounds before or saw the source of the sound being made as the sound was being made. Most of the sounds in the buildings didn't have definite sources for me.
6. Were you able to differentiate human, mechanical, and natural sounds? For the most part yes. Didn't notice too many natural sounds.
7. Were you able to detect subtleties, changes, or variations in theeverpresent drone? Not noticed too much.
8. Extremely close sounds? Sounds coming from very far away? For the most part yes.
9. Were you able to intervene in the urban landscape and create yourown sounds by knocking on a resonant piece of metal, activating windchimes, etc.? No, most of the sounds I made were what the people around me were making too: feet shuffling, papers rustling, pens clicking, sniffling...
10. Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of thesounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape? Not really. I would've liked it better if it was warmer. Then I would've been more comfortable, and you would've heard more nature sounds (I think I heard one bird on our walk but couldn't be sure).
11. How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect yourpractice as a media artist, if at all? It's nice to stop and just listen. I might try to use this experience more when I'm out enjoying the outdoors, for example when taking pictures.