March 2023
Urban Echoes
Visualising London's Acoustic Tapestry
- Data Art ·
- Printmaking
In this project, I explore the sonic juxtapositions of the city — capturing its perceived silences amidst chaos, the interplay of slow & fast, beginnings & endings, the natural & the mechanical. I am intrigued by how these fragments intersect and shape the auditory landscape of London.
In the spirit of Psychogeography, I explored the auditory characteristics of the neighbourhood, investigating various ideas and themes. In a group, we set out on a data dérive and gathered sound recordings, which we then classified into three categories: sounds of arrivals, departures, and transitions. Additionally, I personally selected a few of these sounds and used concrete poetry as a means to visually represent their sonic characteristics.
In this project, I explore the sonic juxtapositions of the city — capturing its perceived silences amidst chaos, the interplay of slow & fast, beginnings & endings, the natural & the mechanical.
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Fieldnotes
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Visual Inspiration
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/moodboard.png)
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Visual Explorations
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![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/visual-04.jpg)
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At the Letterpress
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/letterpress-01.jpg)
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![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/letterpress-11.jpg)
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/print-01.jpg)
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Composition
I created a few concrete poetry compositions and experimented with various printing techniques such as using a photopolymer plate and thermography powder to raise the ink and enhance details on the final print.
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/composition-01.jpg)
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/composition-06.jpg)
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/composition-05.jpg)
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/composition-08.jpg)
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/composition-09.jpg)
![](https://cdn.priti.is/projects/urban-echoes/composition-10.jpg)
Collaborators
- Concept: Muskeen Liddar, Priti Pandurangan, Xiaolu Zheng, Yuyang He
- Visualisation & production: Priti Pandurangan
Process notes
My notes taken during the development of the project can be found from Week 13 – 18 & Week 28 - 29