Sounds from the lockdown in Thessaloniki
Jul 15, 2020, 05:15 PM
Thessaloniki lockdown sound by Sophia Tolika.
"During the lockdown in Thessaloniki, I made some field recordings mostly from the balcony of my apartment, but also from other places at my neighborhood like the park, the streets and the seafront of Thessaloniki.
"Among the sounds that I recorded, were also the celebrations during the evening of Resurrection at Easter and the day of the Orthodox Easter which all took place at the balconies of the flats.
"As I live by a very noisy and busy avenue, I recorded this huge change of the soundscape, as the sounds of cars and horns gradually were replaced by the songs of the birds and an extended silence. The busy urban soundscape of my neighborhood started reminding me of a tropical forest."
"During the lockdown in Thessaloniki, I made some field recordings mostly from the balcony of my apartment, but also from other places at my neighborhood like the park, the streets and the seafront of Thessaloniki.
"Among the sounds that I recorded, were also the celebrations during the evening of Resurrection at Easter and the day of the Orthodox Easter which all took place at the balconies of the flats.
"As I live by a very noisy and busy avenue, I recorded this huge change of the soundscape, as the sounds of cars and horns gradually were replaced by the songs of the birds and an extended silence. The busy urban soundscape of my neighborhood started reminding me of a tropical forest."
Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds