Arriving at the edge of Oxford I was struck by the presence of beautiful pockets of nature that lay adjacent to or intersected with the busy main road: quiet, empty allotments; spring enlivened birds; silent crocuses and a stretch of apparently tranquil [I couldn’t hear it from my vantage point on the road bridge] river on whose eastern bank stood a dozen council workers merging all the fences and walls into a continuous green surface – presumably for positive visual effect.
A generator truck that powered the spray tools being used to prepare the fence for painting was resonating deeply in residential cul de sac nearby.
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allotments recorded by Toby O’Connor
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birds over crocuses next to road recoded by Toby O’Connor
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tranquil river recorded by Toby O’Connor
This post is by Toby O’Connor, who participated in the Documenting Sound workshop held at Audiograft 2012 by Felicity Ford and Valeria Merlini