Jamie looks at Beijing in a different light than what she is used to. Reconnecting with locations she is all to familiar with, she uses her ears to experience them from a different angle. These collections of records are a great document of her discoveries about her own surroundings through sound. From the moment you step off the train to the 'heatbeat of China', her soundwalks and stationary recordings show a delicate and familiar side of Bejing that you may not have heard before. And if you have never been, well, now you have.
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除了天安门和天坛之外，这一次没有为了录音特意去自己平常不会去的地方 / 对北京来说，我是外来人口，而我听到的北京，是我对北京一点点的探索，一点点点亮的地图，六个地点没经过什么犹豫就选出来了 / 虽然多少总透着些生分，但到目前为止我们的相处还算融洽/ 不敢自大得用它来代表背景，但这60分钟是我的背景 / 录音设备：ZOOM H5, Roland CS-10EM //
Except for Tian’anmen and Tian Tan, this time I did not go to places I don’t usually go to for the sole purpose of recording / To Beijing, I am the typical so called out-of-towner / When I listen to the sound of Beijing it is my way of exploring this city / Little by little, I reveal more of Beijing with each place I have visited / It was a easy to pick the 6 places that I have never been / Although my recordings sound foreign, up until now I’m in a good relationship with Beijing / These recordings are not meant to be a complete representation of Beijing, they are only of my own experiences here / Recordings made with Zoom H5 and Roland CS-10EM //
/ Jamie Lu /
