We are going to create a collaborative izi.TRAVEL tour together that explores your personal relationship with Indonesia through objects, places and sounds. Each one of you can create a tour stop of this collective tour, or a tour on their own. Check the examples in this page to reflect on how the different elements of the narration (text, sound and visual) can be combined. Have fun!
Borobudur temple Park, Indonesia: Perforated Stupas.
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Think about the narration that you want to develop. Are you going to describe a place or a object? Are you going to tell a story from the point of view of the place/object? Are you going to create a poem? The format of the narration can change the perception of the place/object and communicate a different message. Also, think about what language(s) you would use and how. Languages are much more than words. They are the windows to our emotions and biographical experiences that are rooted in the places we inhabit. Get inspired by the examples below!
"A soundscape is any collection of sounds, almost like a painting is a collection of visual attractions," says composer R. Murray Schafer. "In a way, the world is a huge musical composition that's going on all the time, without a beginning and presumably without an ending"
An Indonesian soundscape on SoundCloud. You can discover more sounds from Indonesia on the platform and add your own for the story.