Soundwalk is taking its holiday vacation until January… We’d like to leave you with some images from French magazine L’Officiel Voyage’s feature article on our latest sound piece Ulysses’ Syndrome, which we’ve discussed several times before on this blog.
In issue No. 23, Winter 2009, journalist Guillaume Fedou notes the way in which the project reimagines the picture of the Mediterranean as illustrated by Fernand Braudel, renowned French historian and author of The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. The magazine elegantly presents a series of stunning photographs by Soundwalk founder Stephan Crasneanscki (interviewed here for Electronic Beats), and co-sailors Cesare Lombardo and Gabriele Guigni.
In our selection of pictures : the 30-meter long sailboat that hosted the Soundwalk expedition, and Soundwalk’s founder Stephan Crasneanscki and sound designer Simone Merli at work.
Many thanks to The Lobby, the travel trend site from Starwood Preferred Guests, for featuring Soundwalk’s NYC tours!
“Simply purchase, then download the recording online and print out the map and watch a video beforehand, if you like. You have no physical tour guide to speak of as you navigate the subway and city streets — you’re on your own in that respect! But each tour is hosted and narrated in your headphones by someone with a connection to that area or subject. With that many choices, how do you pick one? The beautiful part: You don’t have to limit yourself.” -Tamara Palmer, The Lobby
On October 3rd 2009, Soundwalk, in joint venture with Clicmobile, will premiere iPhone applications for three Paris audio tours, during Nuit Blanche, an annual all-night international arts festival. Saint Germain Des Prés, Belleville, and Marais iPhone Soundwalks, featuring interactive maps, will guide Nuit Blanche visitors from one installation to the other as they pass across many Nuit Blanche sites. Paris iPhone Soundwalks are free, exclusively for Nuit Blanche festival participants. Info: http://nuitblanche.soundwalk.com
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Audio sample: Listen to actress and narrator Virginie Ledoyen as you join her private promenade thru the streets of Saint Germain Des Prés, take in the history of Cour du Mûrier, sit with her beside the fountains, rendezvous with someone from the past, or perhaps… meet someone new.
