A beautiful sound from Yellowstone National Park for you to enjoy today, as an American dipper sings along with some honking Canada geese in a quiet moment along the Firehole River. City version: The reimagined sound is a beautiful piece that reflects the serenity of the original recording, by Stefanie Merchak: “Birds singing give me […]
Today’s photograph and sound pairing are from northern England, with this stunning image of the Drax power station by Alan Silvester, with a sonic composition designed around the image by Stephanie Merchak, who writes:” “The photo of the Drax coal power station, one of the most polluting power stations in the UK, automatically made me […]
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"As this wave from memories flows in, the city soaks it up like a sponge and expands. A description of [the city] as it is today should contain all [the city's] past. The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lightning rods, the poles of the bags, every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls."
- Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Grand Prix winner and Coup de Coeur winner, Académie Charles Cros
