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A Japanese composer-vocalist whose works revolve around the embodiment of natural elements.

Soundwalk is a silent experience open to an individual or collective journey.
Soundwalk will invite you to imagine sounds of the past, present, and future that are heard internally and externally to our ears. 
Soundwalk is rooted in deep listening and re-attuning our aural awareness through opening our ears to the activities in the soundscape.

Curated by Akari Komura, composer/vocalist/sound artist

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Tuning to the open air - Thurston Pond Soundwalk

Ann Arbor

Akari Komura

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Tuning to the open air - Thurston Pond Soundwalk. 
Prior to starting the walk, take a seat at one of the benches. 
Rest your eyes on the water in front of you, and begin to focus your attention on the sounds surrounding the pond.

2398 Yorktown Drive \|||// Tuning to the open air - Thurston Pond Soundwalk. 
Prior to starting the walk, take a seat at one of the benches. 
Rest your eyes on the water in front of you, and begin to focus your attention on the sounds surrounding the pond.

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Soundwalk prologue: William Stapp Ampitheater

Tour Item

Soundwalk Audio Guide - No. 1.mp3

Bring your attention to the sounds that your body presence is making while walking. 

Open your ears to the softest sounds around you.

Can you unravel your ears to sounds generated by animals, plants, and water? -	buzz, chirp, crunch, squeak, rustle, slosh

2350 Yorktown Drive \|||// Bring your attention to the sounds that your body presence is making while walking. 

Open your ears to the softest sounds around you.

Can you unravel your ears to sounds generated by animals, plants, and water? -	buzz, chirp, crunch, squeak, rustle, slosh

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Thurston Pond Trail

Soundwalk Audio Guide - No. 2.mp3

Can you pick out sounds initiated by humans? What are their resonance and ranges? - booming, penetrating, washed out, rumbling

Can you pick out sounds initiated by human-made objects? What is the quality of their rhythms? -	intermittent, regular, sustained, repetitive

3000 Bluett Road \|||// Can you pick out sounds initiated by humans? What are their resonance and ranges? - booming, penetrating, washed out, rumbling

Can you pick out sounds initiated by human-made objects? What is the quality of their rhythms? -	intermittent, regular, sustained, repetitive

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Bluett Rd.

Soundwalk Audio Guide - No. 3.mp3

Observe dialogue between winds and trees -	swoosh, whisper, rasp, puff.

Listen to the different songs sung by each tree.

3224 Bluett Road \|||// Observe dialogue between winds and trees -	swoosh, whisper, rasp, puff.

Listen to the different songs sung by each tree.

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Sugarbush Trail

Soundwalk Audio Guide - No. 4.mp3

What sounds can you imagine to have remained in the surrounding soundscape from;
a) a century ago
b) last winter
c) yesterday

What sounds can you imagine to newly join the surrounding soundscape;
a) tonight
b) next summer	
c) in 20 years

3183 Lexington Drive \|||// What sounds can you imagine to have remained in the surrounding soundscape from;
a) a century ago
b) last winter
c) yesterday

What sounds can you imagine to newly join the surrounding soundscape;
a) tonight
b) next summer	
c) in 20 years

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Lexington Dr. - Antietam Ct.

Soundwalk Audio Guide - No. 5.mp3

You have now returned to the Thurston Nature Center. You are invited to freely explore the Thurston Pond Trail for as long as you wish. Eventually, pick a spot you like to be still on your feet. To conclude the soundwalk, listen and notice the sound of your own breath. Take a slow deep inhale and release a long exhale of air, a sound, a sigh, a whisper of secret, or any soundmaking into the soundscape.

3106 Bluett Road \|||// You have now returned to the Thurston Nature Center. You are invited to freely explore the Thurston Pond Trail for as long as you wish. Eventually, pick a spot you like to be still on your feet. To conclude the soundwalk, listen and notice the sound of your own breath. Take a slow deep inhale and release a long exhale of air, a sound, a sigh, a whisper of secret, or any soundmaking into the soundscape.

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AKARI KOMURA

Tuning to the open air - Thurston Pond Soundwalk

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