Strands/textures

"In “Strands/Textures”, I weave together the field recording (as the main strand), with other strands of sounds inspired by the descriptive phrases and aerial images in the materials describing this section of the Lech. This piece was created in VCVRack2 using a combination of the original field recording, field recordings/foley sounds created specifically for this track, and modules available in VCVRack. "For the “string of pearls” imagery used to describe the appearance of this section from above, I added in recordings of beads and jingle bells being strung on a filament and recordings of plucking the filament. I incorporated “ears of the upper Lech” and the notions of taking space and time into the spoken word section, which is also a moment of calm and pause, but also of direction for moving forward. In a bit of word- and sound-play around the braiding of the river being constrained, I used a specific constraint for the sequenced parts of the track, I used Audible Instruments’ Macro Oscillator (the VCVRack version of Mutable Instruments’ Braids module). "The sequenced parts of the track represent the vibrancy of community in Stanzach around the river, but notes in sequences are randomized, bringing in additional dimensions of space and time."Section of the river Lech reimagined by Stephanie E. Vasko. -------Flow is a creative exploration telling the story of a river through the power of sound. The project is a collaboration between the University of Padova and the University of Würzburg, with support from Cities and Memory. Explore the full project at https://citiesandmemory.com/flow.