The Sonic Heritage project is a collection featuring 270 sounds from world heritage sites across 68 countries. This initiative highlights auditory experiences at renowned sites, such as Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal, alongside natural sounds from locations like the Amazon rainforest. Stuart Fowkes, creator of the project, stresses that sound can offer an immersive experience of these places that visuals cannot fully capture. A significant portion of the recordings focuses on natural soundscapes, underlining the project's commitment to preserving both cultural monuments and natural life.
When you think of world heritage sites, you always think of visuals, but there's almost no attention paid to the way these heritage sites sound, said Stuart Fowkes.
The incredible thing about sound is that it's so immersive... Sound is incredibly transportive. It helps you to get a more solid sense of what it would feel like to be there.
At least a fifth of the 270 recordings in the virtual exhibition were of natural soundscapes... the project was as much about the preservation of natural life as it was about preserving precious monuments.
Listeners can immerse themselves in the sounds of leaves falling in the ancient city of Tikal in Guatemala, the squeaks made by bats in India's Ellora caves...
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