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For the love of sound, a whole city must keep quiet
An ambitious recording project in Cremona, Italy requires quiet in the streets surrounding an auditorium where the town’s famous violins will be recorded. And everyone in town joins in.
Embracing stillness
Watch this short interview of Steve Orfield, who runs an anechoic chamber, one of the quietest places on earth, as he discusses the importance of stillness.
Is there sound on Mars?
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (not subject to copyright protection) by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This fascinating article by Kenneth Chang in the New York Times describes Martian winds rattling the solar panels on the recently landed InSight lander....
Enjoy the natural world in sound
Cities and Memory has launched another fabulous project. This time they explore the natural world in Sounding Nature, "the biggest ever global exploration of the beautiful sounds of nature." Artists from around the...
The sound of silence
Robert Twigger, poet, writer, and explorer, writes about how he rejuvenates himself when he is feeling crushed by noise.
Sounds that soothe in life and near death
Natural sounds soothe us in life and near death. Dr. Arline Bronzaft writes about “good” sounds and how they comfort those who are dying.
Want to get away from the noise?
Want to get away from the noise? It’s getting increasingly harder to accomplish, but some intrepid souls try their best to find and map quiet places.
The need for quiet
Dr. Arline Bronzaft was quoted in an excellent article on one of the quietest places on earth, as she highlights the need for quiet places.