Smetana's Solitude is a soundscape composition in four chapters. In this. composition, I imagine what Smetana might have heard and imagined during his stay in Pěčice (and Jabkenice). I made field recordings of four distinct categories (human activity, frogs, water, and birds) and dedicated a chapter to each category. I made collages out of the field recordings and further manipulated the sounds to symbolise Smetana's mental health problems and deafness. Through these health issues, I imagine he was not hearing the sounds in their natural way but rather imagined them.
Smetana's Solitude was created during a month-long residency at the Cabin Studio in Pěčice, Czechia. The rural setting made it ideal to work with field recordings and experiment with hydrophones (to capture underwater sounds) and geophones (to record vibrations).
The composition is combined with a soundwalk around the cabin studio. I selected four places where I did significant recording activity. You can scan a QR code at each place to listen to each chapter.
Smetana's Solitude was created during a month-long residency at the Cabin Studio in Pěčice, Czechia. The rural setting made it ideal to work with field recordings and experiment with hydrophones (to capture underwater sounds) and geophones (to record vibrations).
The composition is combined with a soundwalk around the cabin studio. I selected four places where I did significant recording activity. You can scan a QR code at each place to listen to each chapter.