EP #12: Toward a Sonic Ecology – The Ethics and Aesthetics of Acoustic Documentation

As the system becomes more capable, so do the questions. What does it mean to preserve the sound of a space?
Is it documentation, art, or something in between?

Acoustic photography offers a poetic and perceptual lens: it asks us to listen with care. A recorded impulse response is not just a technical artefact — it’s an invitation to reimagine space through sound. A stairwell becomes a resonator, a forest a filter, a cathedral a delay line for memory.

In this way, the project intersects with acoustic ecology, preservation, and sonic activism. Who gets to decide which spaces are worth hearing? What stories can be told through reverberation?

These are not only technical questions, but artistic and ethical ones — and they shape how I see the work ahead.

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