108-Walking
Through Tokyo
Sarah Peebles & Christie Pearson
2 December 2003 - January 2004 Sarah Peebles is a Canadian audio artist, currently in the country
working towards a broadcasting project with Radio New Zealand.
The piece to be presented at The Physics Room features a 50-minute
soundscape recorded in Tokyo at the turn of the century, December
2000 - January 2001. The audio work (originally commissioned
by Radio Canada) is accompanied by a projected sequence of images
depicting Tokyo's architecture, spaces and life, by photographer
Christie Pearson.
“Peebles' ear captures the various clamorous sounds of the
city, creating a sound sphere of those sounds we would normally
dismiss. For those of us living in Tokyo, these sounds are taken
for granted. They are no more than everyday noise. Peebles, though,
focuses on the living sound coming from this one city in the world,
Tokyo, and thoroughly succeeds in portraying the true face of Tokyo.” - Hiroshi
Yoshiura
Reviews, Essays & Articles
108: Walking through Tokyo at the Turn of the Century
Essay by Zita Joyce
in The Physics Room Annual 2003
ISBN: 0-9582359-7-X
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