ABSTRACT
In 1997 Janet Cardiff participated to Skulptur Projekte Münster with Walk Münster, a work composed of two parts: an audio tour in Münster's city centre and an installation in the city's museum, on the second floor of the old section of the Westfälisches Museum. The audio track featured a mix of natural sounds recorded on site and sounds composed synthetically by the artist. The video, installed in the museum, was meant to be watched through a telescope looking out of the window. What people saw through the telescope was a scene related to the story of the sound walk, recorded in that same place and from that same angle. Over the past years Viv Corringham working especially on vocal improvisations in public urban spaces called vocal strolls. Contrarily to listening walks, conceived for passive listening, these sound walks were thought as itineraries that encouraged those who participated to get involved with sound commentaries.
