Wanderlust #18: Field Reports From 非場所 01.10.182018
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Field Reports from 非場所 by Peter Lenaerts
Dear Miyuki,
I'm sending you this postcard from 非場所.
15 years ago it was rural farmland, now it’s a rapidly developing new city with
high rise apartments, office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, and a
dilapidated entertainment park. Most of these are still empty though. It's a
city built for 1 million but the current population is around 300,000. It's not
a ghost town—no one has left—but not enough people have arrived yet either,
which makes it feel rather eerie.
This place is not exactly a tourist destination.
I don't speak the language.
Kids stare at me.
I'm gonna start recording now.
I'll send another report soon.
Peter
Peter Lenaerts [http://www.surfacenoise.be/peter] is a Belgian sound artist. He
is fascinated by empty spaces and invisible or acousmatic sound. Sound that
doesn't scream for attention but sneaks into the listener's ear un...
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