I AM HERE Recorded in the stairwell of an apartment building in Shanghai, China. “I am here” is said, then the speaker takes a few steps away. “I am here” is said again then the speaker takes another few steps further away, ascending concrete steps. As the speaker moves further and further away the volume of the recording is manually increased incrementally. Once the speaker reaches the 7th floor, he turns back and descends to the place he originally said, "I am here," the first time. As he makes his return down the stairs, the volume of the microphone is adjusted to correspond. The recorder captures all the sounds of the environment and how the voice flows and travels between that which we call noise.
