Prompted by The Sound Outside initiative at the SounDesign blog. Here is a register of our 9pm soundscape in Olivos, Argentina. We moved here a few weeks before the mandatory lock-down.
This field recording registers the dwindling gesture of solidarity: applause at 8pm every night in Buenos Aires to demonstrate appreciation for essential workers. A social gesture gratitude and connection in honor of those professionals needed to keep the world moving. About halfway through quarantine (2020), a neighbor began playing the National Anthem from their stereo to embellish the new ritual with a dollop of nationalism.
At seconds 26-27 the lowered roller shutter, that briskly goes from gentle to slam, accents daily life in Buenos Aires, quarantine or not. Albeit, odd for a typical household to be turning out the lights at 9pm. Perhaps trained by day 61 in lockdown to know that they were in for some noise that they felt better muffled. Both a subtle and defining characteristic of the soundscape. And last, the tawdry fog hornist around the block marks both the prelude and coda.
Full details:
Title: "Aplaudimno: there’s no miles in the city now".
Location: Southern Cone, Argentina.
Date: 21d May 2020.
Time of the day: 09.00 pm.
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