Echoes Hanoi Soundwalk

Echoes Hanoi Soundwalk: 22 and 23 Nov 2014
Hanoi city centre

From the organizer:

On the 22nd and 23rd of November, Echoes will be running a series of unique audio walks in Hanoi city centre. When you go on the walk, you’ll be hearing sounds as you walk around, but this is no ordinary audio tour, the sounds change according to your location. The way this is possible is through utilising location technologies – GPS – built into mobile devices.

Echoes has commissioned two artists, one from Vietnam – Lương Huệ Trinh, and one from Denmark – Hans Sydow, to create two immersive audio experiences for Hanoi and Copenhagen. They’re working together to create an incredible sonic journey unlike any other. Let them lead you on an extraordinary trip through the city centre and hear places that you recognise through a fresh set of ears.

Expect to be surprised – this is not a normal audio tour! You might hear sounds of the city’s hidden past, stories by local residents, ambient environmental sounds conjuring a different space and time, even music performed by unseen musical troupes. We are offering you the opportunity to experience the city through sound.

Last year, the Hanoi Soundwalk was the first of its kind to ever run in South East Asia. The project ran in conjunction with 11 other cities around the world, as part of the larger Locative Audio project. This year, it’s growing in Hanoi to become a larger project. We’ve made a web app for Creators to make soundmaps online and submit them to the project, and we’ve built our own android app for users to experience the walks.

The walks in Hanoi are happening on the weekend of 22-23rd November. We’ve got a limited number of places so make sure you sign up as soon as possible. Just follow this link to sign up.

The Echoes team will also be running workshops in the week prior to the walks with students of Đom Đóm, the contemporary music group to create their own soundmaps.