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A comprehensive journal of the sounds within Vietnam

HUMAN SPECTROGRAM 11.26.2025

THIS 5 DAY EXPERIMENT AND PERFORMANCE WAS HELD NEXT TO A SWIFTLET FARM + CONSTRUCTION SITE IN VIETNAM. THIS DURATIONAL INQUIRY SPOKE TO THEMES OF DEEP LISTENING AS WELL AS NOISE POLLUTION AND GENTRIF ICATION’S IMPACT ON VIET NAM’S ECOLOGICAL ACOUSTICS.

DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM WEST AFRICAN RITE OF PASSAGE RITUALS, THE BODY IS USED AS BOTH MARKER, MATERIAL AND OBSERVER OF CROSS-CULTURAL SONIC TEMPORALITIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

THEMES:

EPHEMERAL
ECO-ACOUSTIC RESEARCH
CORPOREAL
RITES OF PASSAGE
COLONIZATION
GENTRIFICATION