No Purposes
(by Aykut Kutucu)
This soundscape is a pure result of unintentionality.
In the midst of an unknown city teeming with things to be discovered, I would not enjoy my time had I focused too much on the project. I was craving for connections.
The first night in Olomouc, I left my room without a plan, walked randomly, heard some music from a distance, decided to follow, got lost, got found, ended up with amazing people in an amazing bar. After that point, I let things go randomly.
After I figured out how to use the tools, I realised two things:
I do not want to record 'clean sounds' and connect them later using a software.
I do not want to separate my time between recording and seeing the city, and connect them later using my memory.
So I lived as if it was a regular day and put the recording device in my pocket, almost always recording. Most of the time I forgot I was recording. Sometimes I left the recorder on a corner in a bar and just socialized. A regular day for me is spent 65% in a bar.
I recorded much more than I could listen. I had to skim through the recordings and find a way to work with the material I had. Thankfully, spending each night in at least five different bars paid off.
The soundscape consists of recordings from bars or streets of Olomouc. Three bars stood out the most:
1. Ponorka
2. Citadel
3. The Lower Deck
I wanted to connect different recordings, therefore different bars, in a way that it replicated my
movements in the city: Walking randomly and trying to find the right frequency.
Because of the randomness and unintentionality of it, I believe the sounds are more natural and disorderly. Nothing is done with a purpose as creating with a purpose is the acceptance of the imitation of reality. Without a purpose, there cannot be imitation.
Lyrics:
Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up!
What”s happening?
Why am I so drunk?
What are you doing here?
What time do we have?
I wake up like a Disney Princess in the morning.
I’m… I’m just very high maintenance like every Disney Princess.
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