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What does the City Sound like?

Go on a voyage of discovery with Urban Sound Lab and explore the sounds of southern Amsterdam.

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What does the City Sound like?

Go on a voyage of discovery with Urban Sound Lab and explore the sounds of southern Amsterdam.

Sound of the South

Residents of southern Amsterdam have been collecting the sounds from their neighbourhood since 2021. Using Urban Sound Lab’s interactive map you can listen to which sounds they experience as typical of their area. You can also add sounds to this archive.

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Join! What is your sound of the south?

What do you think is the most characteristic, annoying, reassuring or beautiful sound is in southern Amsterdam? Share it using Urban Sound Lab.

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Discover the city with your ears – Audio walks

Every tile hides a story, histories hide behind every facade. Soundtrackcity’s audio tours bring them to life. A team of artists, filmmakers, musicians and playwrights stimulate the imagination with audio walks through Amsterdam, Hoorn, Leiden, The Hague, Vlieland, Rotterdam and Brussels that can be downloaded for free.

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Calendar

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Audiowalk
Fri 25 Oct 2024
14:30

Audiowalk and follow-up conversation ‘Steenklank’

De Dageraad, Burgemeester Tellegenstraat 128, Amsterdam
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On 25 October 2.30pm, Soundtrackcity will organise the audio walk ‘Steenklank’ in collaboration with OBA CC Amstel. The walk is directed by Anne Rooschüz.
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Plattegrond van de audiowandeling Geluiden en verhalen uit de Diamantbuurt
Audiowalk
Fri 11 Oct 2024
14:30

Audiowalk and follow-up conversation ‘Sounds and stories from the Diamantbuurt’

CC Amstel, Cullinanplein 1, Amsterdam
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Sign up for the audiowalk and follow-up conversation ‘Sounds and stories from the Diamantbuurt’ 0n 11 October at CC Amstel, Amsterdam.
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Urban Sound Lab Calendar

Updates

Discover home with your ears

Soundtrackcity launched its new workshop series ‘Discover home with your ears’ led by Alison Isadora, composer, and Renate Zentschnig, artistic director Urban Sound Lab, in early January.
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Deuren naar een gedeelde dimensie

Doors to a shared dimension

In Deuren naar een gedeelde dimensie, a municipal publication on eight years of art in Stadsdeel Zuid, Urban Sound Lab was chronicled as one of 23 exemplary projects.
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Soundtrackcity investigates sound as a fundamental part of the living environment. Artists, residents and architects work together on concepts for multi-voiced urban development.​

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Nomadic lab in which city residents themselves investigate how attentive listening can contribute to greater personal well-being and better urban planning.

A 4.5-year investigation into the sound of public space in Amsterdam West by residents and artists from Soundtrackcity. Ongoing presentation in public library OBA De Hallen.

Interactive listening artwork facilitates participation and creates a framework to critically examine listening experiences in urban space.

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