Memoryscape Reading

I really enjoyed reading this article, especially because I read it outside! There were several statements in particular that sparked my interests. I liked thinking about how traffic and such doesn't have to be considered 'noise'. I found myself listening to the high range of a large vehicle stopping and the low rubbling crescendo of traffic coming from the distance and then passing by me. My connection to this part of the article was a perfect transition into the next part of the article, adding in the element of place. I liked the idea of taking sound art outside of the gallery, and never really thought about how unnecessary it was to contain such work in a confined room. It was very interesting to think about how direct and personal the connections a listener can make to the work once the sound is not only interacting with the place as a backdrop, but through the place's actual historical events, oral history by people from that place, and sounds that actually relate and interact with specific happenings in that place.