Nouvelle Laurentine / Hors les Murs manifestations de la Maison Laurentine

The colombière is a dead space acoustically ; and thus is a place where we can focus our ears and hear the differences between different sonic environments.

In this project, the listener goes on a sonic journey that juxtaposes three field recordings. The first is of the field directly outside the colombière, spotlighting the sounds of the rural environment, mostly without human activity ; the second is of a
working colombière in Normandy ; and finally, the last is of Grand Central Station in New York City, where the listener will hear the sounds of the urban environment, where almost all the sounds are generated by human activity.

In creating this project, I was heavily influenced by the work of R. Murray Schafer, who has written eloquently on the historical transition from the rural soundscape to the post-industrial soundscape.