This week I placed my phone in the middle of my new house in Coimbra and I recorded the noise of my daily home life. 
I discovered that… 
Home is: doors that slam.
Home is: an up and down of steps.
 Home is: the gurgling of the coffee rising up the coffee pot.
Home is: the noise of the washing machine.
Home is: birds chirping near my bedroom window. 
Home is: the noise of dishes. 
Home is: flowing water.
Home is: chatter in the corridor.
Home is: loud music.
Home is: NOISE.
And, despite the distance from my home, despite the distance from Rome, I feel at home when I close my eyes and heard these sounds, even at 2361 km away.

Week Sound 1 - Home Environment - Home is...

How we can live without water and its sound ?
Since I was a child I had the good fortune to live near the sea. 
Today, despite the distance from home, I learned that also the calm of the river can make me feel good.
In this registration we can listen: the sound of the river flowing, the ducks squawking, the sound of the stones thrown into the water, the birds chirping, the sound of wind. And... peace.

Week Sound 2 - Natural Environment - Peace and nothing else

18:00 p.m. , returning home from the university: the noise of the cars and the sound of the bus doors that open are the protagonists. You can hear the quick steps of those who want to go home and a pleasant surprise at the end: a singer who sings in the street with his guitar.

WeekSound 3 - Urban Environment - Back Home

My work can be summarized in 4 words: fire, water, air and earth.
The natural elements from which every substance of matter originates.
I wanted to give space to the 4 elements, their sounds, their strength and their ability to provoke sensations.
The goal was to mix different sounds that represented every element in different situation, to give the idea of a progression.
For example, the element of fire, starts from the spark of a match and ends with a bonfire. I wanted to give intensity and continuity, as if it were a path between the elements.
I made this composition mixing “free sound” sounds and sounds recorded by me, trying to reduce background noise or trying not to make them notice.

Alessia Burri