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Site-Listening: Brisbane

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Site-Listening: Brisbane --- 2010

3" disc housed in the flap of a 48-page book (measuring 3.5"-by-5.5") entitled "Site-Listening: Brisbane." From the label's website: The book features three short essays, … each of which ponders our relationships to the sounds we find ourselves in daily contact with. It also contains 17 listening locations that can be found in Brisbane. These locations act as a sound map of sorts, plotting out sound curiosities across Brisbane's varied terrain. The accompanying maps, photos and texts offer a brief overview of possible encounters, as well as personal reflections of each location's sound characteristics. The field guide also offers an informal 'how to' guide for site-listening - both for first time listener and more experienced ears. The edition is an invitation calling for other interested parties to develop site-listening within their own cities/spaces/communities. This full colour, pocket-sized edition … also features a 3" cd composition comprised of recordings made in and around the locations featured in the book. This composition is available only with "Site-Listening: Brisbane" and will not be available separately. From the book's final page: This project is supported by the Brisbane City Council and Arts Queenland through the "Creative Sparks" program.