Continuing to look at the work of Peter Cusack, I have discovered some of the sound art collections that he has done.
One of these is entitled 'Sounds from Dangerous Places'; a project to collect sounds from sites which have sustained major environmental damage. These sites include Chernobyl, the Azerbaijan oil fields and controversial dams on the Tigris and Euphrates river systems in Turkey.
Here is an example of some of these sounds:
Link to Chernobyl clips
It seems that Cusack does a lot of sound work to do with specific places.
In 1998 Cusack started the 'Your Favourite London Sound' project, the aim being to find out what London sounds are appealing to those who live in London.
The 'Favourite Sounds' project
This was so popular that it was repeated in Chicago, Beijing and other cities. In 2005 he was involved in the 'Sound and the City' art project using sounds from Beijing.
He is also a well respected musician.
This idea of creating a sense of where you are from the people who live there is fantastic and has a real sense of personality and culture. I could possibly do the same with Sheffield, or I could make it slightly comedic by doing the same at home in Essex.
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