Threshold —— Liang Jingwen, Liu Yiling, Su Yifan, Zheng Yunrui

 






Our group's task was mainly to find a threshold that was able to go as far as possible without losing the connection with the music. We noticed that this assignment would allow us to do our best to capture the sound of the piece, but also to pay attention to all the subtle changes in the sounds around us.


In paying attention to the volume level, the walker needs to change his or her position at all times to seek that threshold. When we are outdoors and many people are walking on the road, we need to specifically go around them and then change our walking direction. When we were indoors, Yifan and Rui walked about the same distance. When we were indoors, Yifan and Rui walked about the same distance, but when we were outdoors, the distance they walked changed because the outdoor environment influenced more factors than the indoor environment, so they paid different attention to the music.


These are the feelings of our group members.

Yifan: Indoors there is an elevator, and the proximity to the elevator is affected. Indoors with echoes, the phone may not play loudly, but you can hear the music even if you walk farther away. When you listen outside with your eyes closed, your attention is not easily affected and you will be more focused on the music.


Rui: When indoors, attention is easily affected and it is easier to hear people talking than listening to music, and you can smell the coffee. Outdoors, the sound of wind, footsteps, and leaves being blown by the wind are very strong.


When yiling uses her iPhone as a speaker, she watches where rui and yifan are walking and then adjusts the volume. In Jingwen's video, when Yifan and Rui walk in different directions, there is a little trouble because it is difficult to record their positions at the same time.


In general, when the eyes are closed, more attention is paid to the music played by the speakers. When the walkers open their eyes, they are easily affected by the sounds of the surrounding environment.


Walker: Yifan, Rui

Speaker: Yiling

Photographer: Jingwen






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