2010 CoLab | TBI Online Digital Residency Programme
The Big Room | Work. Space. Sounds.
Inaugural Digital Artist in Residence, Luke Munn is creating The Big Room - a room that explores our everyday work spaces. He describes The Big Room as “a fluctuating sonic space - a combination of concrete floors, motorway ambience, conversation snippets and ambience which is constantly shifting, and only possible through the online medium."
Find out what this new place, this imagined place, The Big Room sounds like at http://room.net.nz/
The Big Room is a partnership between CoLab and The Big Idea
Interview
Work/live space recordings
- Yokohama RoomBuzzing with stuff as Japan is a somewhat electrical place.LocationYokohama, JapanRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
- home office with dog and courierThis is usually a quiet space but this recording gives a different impression - just as I clicked record a courier came to the door...LocationGrafton, AucklandRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
Zuliani StairwayConversations, reverb, street tramLocationKrakow, PolandRecordingLuke CommentsBangs, conversations, music and ambient noise arc slowly through the reverberant chamber of this stairway, with a powerful low tram throb punctuating the end of the recording.
58 HinterzimmerA mix of silences (the building, the backyard, the sky)LocationNeukölln, BerlinRecordingLuke CommentsA compelling mix of quiet constant tones, birdcalls, bells and spatial ambiences - wonderfully confused playing back this space on my headphones, as my street and kitchen sounds diffused into it. Danke schön.
CoLab officeNormally it is a lot more busy and hectic and we have a video clip in the foyer that repeats every 5 minutes, but today the office is bewing manned by just a lonesome warrior so not much noise apart from the tapping of keys and the odd phone callLocationAt the base of a tower in Auckland CBDRecordingLuke CommentsThanks Katrina, it's interesting how that ringing phone gives the whole space / recording some urgency, definitely a 'trigger sound' for many of us.
- A temporary studio at a thrift storeDifferent things malfunctioningLocationPortland, OregonRecordingLuke Comments
lovely close recording of bangs and garbled voices, shoppers and diffused piano places the listener in this environment
Cockpit of a Beech 1900dContinuous aircraft engine noiseLocationHigh above Auckland, New ZealandRecordingLuke CommentsInteresting subtle low drone shifts in this unique workspace, thanks Pete.
Office in Museumlarge and cavernous, confusingLocationBerlinRecordingLuke CommentsThe bouncing, echoic conversations in the cavernous main hall of the Naturkundemuseum become more tone than language - cheers Carl.
The garage of Scott F. HallA plethora of thriving insects and passing automobiles and aircraft.LocationMerritt Island, Florida, USARecordingLuke CommentsLovely moment 2 thirds of the way in, where these three tones blend imperceptibly into one another, much appreciated Scott.
- A new soundWe had the craziest day and had to record the sound for The Big Room... trucks pumping out the drains, trains, horns and police - crazyLocationAuckland, New ZealandRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
- Workshopwoodcarving, where the carver chops out a piece of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) with a gouge and mallet to begin with and then finishes by hand. Captured in a stone walled, slate roof workshopLocationWales, UKRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
Room at nightBig city soundsLocationPortugalRecordingLuke CommentsInteresting recording where you can really hear the hum of the urban sound filtering through walls and windows into the room. Enjoyed the 'untraceability' of these plastic, waterlike sounds towards the end too.
Beachhousea sea breezeLocationThe NetherlandsRecordingLuke CommentsThe quick, unpredictable changes in tonality by winds against this beachhouse make for an interesting space. Also a lower, constant tone of wind or the ocean as well...
boatshed recording studio for our music collective --silverwoodstudio.netperfect---it has just been insulatedLocationon the beach at marlborough soundsRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
Studioradio static, footsteps, scraping and impacts, bird songLocationDunedinRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
The KitchenMaking morning cup of teaLocationAuckland, New ZealandRecordingLuke CommentsThanks Nicki, love the prickly percussive quality of the boiling water tones and the silences between sounds.
Decima Glenn: University of Auckland Business SchoolA buzz of deep discussion and engagement about Being a Creative Entrepreneur (a workshop that was offered this past weekend as part of the ART Venture Programme)LocationAuckland, New ZealandRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
Artspace, seen through the eyes of Sean KerrLike Bruce singing and Victoria dancingLocation300 K'Road, AucklandRecordingLuke CommentsThanks Lena, you can definitely hear the size of the Artspace room in the echoes and reverberations - love to hear a longer recording of this actually...
Q-O2 werkplaatsWhen inside - Indoor sounds: reverberent, yet clear. Outside sounds: fairly transparent and seeps through into the workspaceLocationBrussels, BelgiumRecordingLuke CommentsA really interesing mixture of close bangs, clicks and movement in this echoic space with sirens drifting in the background. Thanks Johnny.
- Bridgets Roomechoic, waterlike, loud impactLocationlocation not givenRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
- Studiospacious, echoic, muffled outdoor soundsLocationBrussels, BelgiumRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
My Bed Room/OfficeHeavy Rain outside, birds churping, Computer fans humming, hard drives clunking, distant sounds of traffic and other strange noises.LocationWorking at my home in the suburb of Point Chev Auckland.RecordingLuke Commentsnice recording william - particularly like the fluttering mix of bird song / wind noise / typing sounds.
- Krossenerstrasse Wohnungambient stereo / piano muffled, 12pmLocationBerlinRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
Former studioExtremely quiet, winter, delicateLocationBerlinRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
TBI HQIt fluctuates, from really quite to REALLY noisyLocationBeside the railway tracks, at Corban Estate in HendersonRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
The ShedMy workspace is a converted 2 car Skyline garage with concrete floor so sound bounces around. And because its so large we can fit in kid's toys like the Scalextric set. That also means they want to play and make noise while my wife and I are trying to work. That doesn't work.LocationWestmere, Auckland, New ZealandRecordingLuke Commentsn/a
