Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Sound Storyboard

59 W 12th Street . October 31, 2007 . 11:21 pm .

Starbuck's Coffee
5 min.

Door crack
Siren - ever so distant

Coffee machine

Door crack

Door crack

Cash register

Background music - on

Old lady gossip

Door crack

Subway - distant

Door crack

Female voice with Dominican accent - distant

Coffee machine

Old lady laughter

Coffee machine

Door crack

Male voice

Male voice 2

Cash register

Background music - off

Coffee machine

Door crack

Baby crying - ever so distant

Female voice 2 - shh, shh

Subway - distant

Car honk - ever so distant

Cell phone
Coffee machine

Coffee machine

Female voice with Dominican accent - distant

Male voice 3 - distant

Cash register

Cash register

AC - on

AC - loud

Old lady gossip

Door crack

Female voice 3 - ever so distant

Coffee machine

Subway - distant

Walkie-talkie - ever so distant

Door crack

Door crack

Background music - on

Coffee machine

Coffee machine

Door crack


Street.

T

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Homesick

11 W 81st Street . October 29, 2007 . 2:44 am .


I lose some sales
and my boss won't be happy
but I can't stop listening to the sound
of two soft voices blended in perfection
from the reels of this record that I've found.

Every day there's a boy in the mirror
asking me:
What are you doing here?
Finding all my previous motives
growing increasingly unclear.

I traveled far and I burned all the bridges
I believed as soon as I hit land
all the other
options held before me
will wither in the light of my plan.

So I lose some sales
and my boss won't be happy
but there's only one thing on my mind
searching boxes underneath the counter
on a chance that on a tape a I'ld find...

A song for
someone who needs somewhere
to long for.

Homesick
'cause I no longer know
where home is.

T

(Kings of Convenience... thanks for this song.)

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Burble, burble, burble!

59 W 12th Street . October 4, 2007 . 11:39 pm .


http://www.haque.co.uk/openburble/openburble-30secs-big.mov

bur.ble 1. To make a bubbling sound; bubble. 2. To speak in an excited manner; babble. 3. A bubbling or gentle flow. 4. An excited flow of speech. 5. Aeronautics; the breakdown of smooth airflow around a wing at a high angle of attack.

Inspired by Open Burble, commissioned by the Singapore Biennale in 2006, Burble London opened to the public to celebrate London Fashion Week at 8:20 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2007.

The Burble is a massive structure composed of 1000+ helium balloons which contain micro-controllers and LEDs that create patterns of light across the surface. People come together and control it via a long, interactive handle bar at its base.

"The ephemeral experience exists at such a large scale that it is able to compete visually in an urban context with the buildings that surround it." (Haque: Design + Research)

Come on people... burble with me.

T