{"id":1231,"date":"2016-08-22T20:16:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2016-08-22T20:19:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T20:19:58","slug":"lilian-nakao-nakahodo1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/?p=1231&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Lilian Nakao Nakahodo#1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00b4The idea of being a tourist in your own city\u00b4<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/?p=39&amp;lang=pt\">L\u00edlian Nakao <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/?p=39&amp;lang=pt\">Nakahodo <\/a>is an artist that recently developed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapasonoro.com.br\/\">\u00b4CWB soundmap \u2013 An affective cartography of Curitiba\u00b4<\/a>. This project was developed during her master\u00b4s degree and had the support of several institutions (1).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This project was presented in a book-cd (15x15cm, 55 pages + CD with 14 tracks), alongside an online platform that allows listeners access to \u201cinterviews conducted to a total of 29 people, men and women between 30 to 105 years old, from different professional backgrounds and interests and recordings from different places that were mentioned during these discussions\u201d (Nakahodo 2016: my translation).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Livro_02-845x684.jpg\" alt=\"Livro_02-845x684\" width=\"845\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Livro_02-845x684.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Livro_02-845x684-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Livro_02-845x684-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><strong>Figure 1.<\/strong> book-cd \u00b4CWB soundmap \u2013 An affective cartography of Curitiba\u00b4.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The above interviews tried to link a discussion between the sounds of everyday life in the city, with a reflection about our relationship between the acoustic environment and a form of cartography that tries to go beyond strict scientific representation &#8212; that pushes for an illusive neutrality or objectivity. In contrast, her goal\u00a0was to create:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c\u2026 an affective cartography of Curitiba, drawn by memories, experiences and aural perceptions. To remember our first sonic impressions of Curitiba. To go back to our childhood and search for significant sounds. To go though everyday sounds and sounds from places we like. To describe sounds that piss us off. To reflect about those that triggers in us joy and happiness. This was the experience of 29 people&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In March of 2016, I had the \u00a0opportunity to participate in a sonic cartography workshop related to this initiative. It took place in a school located in the Centro Industrial de Curitiba (Industrical Center of Curitiba). See below a personal\u00a0account of what happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/161872466\" width=\"680\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\/\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The workshop started at a school (Col\u00e9gio) called Bras\u00edlio Vicente de Centro located in the Centro Industrial de Curitiba neighboorhod. The first person I speak to is Alex Otto, the vocalist of a metal band (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ESTADO-LAICO-1656111364619640\/?pnref=lhc\">Estado Laico<\/a>) and member\u00a0of a local community organisation called \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Anima-Cic-303410796514884\/\">anima CIC<\/a>. This particular workshop was only made possible due to the assistance of Jana\u00edna Moscal and the help of Alex.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Upon arrival, L\u00edlian doesn\u00b4t recognise me. In fact, we had only had contact through e-mail or Facebook, so it takes her a few seconds to understand whom am I. I go for a quick trip to the toilet and have the opportunity to get a better grasp of the workshop starting point. The school has a field for sports practice and classrooms spread all over the place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1092\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSC_0190-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0190\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSC_0190-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSC_0190-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><strong>Figure 2.<\/strong> Sports field \/ Col\u00e9gio Bras\u00edlio Vicente de Castro (12\/03\/16)<br \/>\nImage Rui Chaves<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Upon return, L\u00edlian has already started the workshop and explaining some of the ideas she wants to explore. The base for this work will be a <em>soundwalk\u00a0<\/em>through some of \u00a0neighborhood areas. \u00a0L\u00edlian also stress out the importance of having\u00a0 a tourist\u00b4s attitude, in order to\u00a0walk through those places as if it was the first time. For L\u00edlian, it is really important the establishment of an affective experience with place(s) and how this process is shaped through sound. Therefore, other elements that she asks the group to notice are: sound spectrum; frequency of sonic events; subtleties; sensations (annoyance\/cheerfulness\/weariness); type of source (biophonic sounds, geophonic, etc&#8230;..)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We start walking and I notice the ease from which L\u00edlian will deal with the group, her openness to dialogue and conversation during the walk. it might be usual during these situations to ask a group to be silent, to avoid conversations between each other, to enact a focus on what one is hearing.\u00a0Myself, with no indication from L\u00edlian, follow this pattern. I start silently, but soon I became involved with talking with other people &#8212; reflecting about our actions and what is happening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I brought some equipment to help out in recording our walk. It should be noted, that L\u00edlian in her approach queries participants to use the recorders in a playful manner &#8212; as a way of exploring the world. \u00a0The equipment will be shared in turns with the group. This combination created a certain level of improvisation and interaction with our surrounding environment. That\u00b4s why when we stop at a park, several people start sonically exploring one of the available swings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/reIGO0qZnIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recording\u00a01.<\/strong> Adriano Elias, La\u00edze Guazina e L\u00edlian Nakao Nakahodo brincando no parque. (12\/03\/2016) Video recording\u00a0Rui Chaves.\u00a0Audio recording (stereo)\u00a0Alex Otto<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The other thing that is hard to ignore is that the size of the group, causes a reaction with people passing by us. Besides that, some of the participants are super active and start exploring the places we went by; as if the microphones were a filter, a gateway to another world of sonic possibilities. \u00a0As I mentioned before, there is something deeply playful about this process. I remember entering a supermarket.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-VQmHdPHn-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recording 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Otto, La\u00edze Guazina, L\u00edlian Nakao Nakahodo e Kety Silva. (12\/03\/2016) Video recording\u00a0Rui Chaves. Audo recording (stereo)\u00a0Alex Otto<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In another moment, Kety (one of the workshop participants) enters in a beauty saloon and starts recording people getting their haircut. Later on, she will explain why she did this. We stop at a bus terminal, and Alex goes on a binaural recording that starts there and ends in a small music school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1231-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/alexottobinaural.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/alexottobinaural.mp3\">http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/alexottobinaural.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Recording 3<\/strong>. Audio recording (Binaural)\u00a0Alex Otto \u00a0(12\/03\/2016) (use headphones)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Our walk ends when we return to school. I have to go again to the bathrrom, and when I return I see Kety drawing a map of our path and identifying sounds. She talks about the process of noticing sounds she didn\u00b4t before: cars, traffic..But also the possibility of recording sounds she has to deal with daily in her work &#8212; such as people getting their haircut done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSC_0214-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0214\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSC_0214-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSC_0214-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Figure 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Kety Silva describing her experience during the soundwalk \u00a0(12\/03\/16.)\u00a0Image Rui Chaves.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Several people comment on the difference between the soundscape in that area, and what happens in the city centre. One thing that ends up permeating our walk, is the existence of cars with loud soundsystems ir order to sale or adverstise particular products\/shops.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The workshop ends with this conversation between us and we leave with a wonderful feeling of having met new people in order to experience, through sound, a playful engagement with everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">(1) Banco do Brasil, Prefeitura de Curitiba, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Cultural de Curitiba<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00b4The idea of being a tourist in your own city\u00b4 L\u00edlian Nakao Nakahodo is an artist that recently developed the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/?p=1231&#038;lang=en\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lilian Nakao Nakahodo#1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1247,"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nendu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}