Winter Sounds: electrical discharges

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How easily we hear the dominant life that surrounds us, but what sounds remain unheard?

It is winter in Australia. The raucous calls of birds and insects have faded. Outside the soft movement of wind can be heard in the branches of the trees while inside sounding objects left unnoticed during the warmer months are rising to prominence.

The quotidian sounds of the domestic sphere are heard.

A computer modem pulses through the microphone. Its steady beat cannot be heard with the ear alone yet its electrical frequencies are now revealed:

An electrical power-board buzzes frantically – the danger of its lethal charge is clearly audible under the attention of the microphone:

After so many years it is heartening to find that this house is still alive with undiscovered sounds. As winter progresses the minutiae of its interior will continue to unfold – the sounds of this domestic space.

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