Audio recorded at the Kimberley Mine Museum, August 2018. The simulated “underground mine tour” uses audio intensively to help tell the story of the mining process, including the intense “explosion” heard near the beginning of the track. You can also hear our guide providing explanations, and our responses.

Kimberley Mine Audio Experience

I created the experimental sound piece as a kind of subjective register of my experience exploring Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, South Africa. In this piece, I try to capture the feeling of exploring the galleries, and the refrain of returning to the main cathedral-like core. I also highlight my own complicity in and contribution to the soundscape of this environment, emphasizing camera clicks and footsteps. The source of the sounds is intentionally vague—some come from other video or sound installations, some are HVAC noise, and some are other visitors and docents.

Zeitz MOCAA Audio Interpretation

Recording from the island of Takashima at historic Hokkei Pit, one of Japan’s Meiji Sites of Industrial Heritage (UNESCO, 2015). Recording was made on September 27, 2018.

Takashima Mine

“Western” music at the Glover Garden, Nagasaki, Japan. Recorded on September 28, 2018.

Glover Garden 09.28

Part 1 of a special two-part podcast created for the Society of Architectural Historians on architecture, sound, and the public history of industrial heritage.

Part 1: Sounding Industrial Places

Part 2 of a special two-part pocdast created for the Society of Architectural Historians on architecture, sound, and the public history of industrial heritage.

Part 2: Listening To The Industrial Past

A special episode for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Leadership Forum Blog on audioguides, industrial heritage sites, storytelling, and visitor experience.

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