Otetelișanu Morning with Maria

Searching for sound (Romanian)
Mara Mărăcinescu
(12’15”, July 2018)

Early morning walk with Maria in Benești village, Vâlcea county. An exercise in finding the right morning ambience. A reflection on the recording process. The dogs are our friends.

 

Sound piece created during the SONIC FUTURE RESIDENCIES organized by Asociația Jumătatea plină and SEMI SILENT to Conacul Otetelișanu, Vâlcea County, Romania in July 2018.

 

Photo: Mara Mărăcinescu, 2018

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Mara Mărăcinescu dedicates herself to sound, working as film and television editor, and as an artist she documents the sounds of her hometown. She started field recording in 2009 and since then she has been collecting the sounds of Bucharest and those of her friends. She is interested in acoustic ecology and supports active listening.

 

Recording, editing and mixing by Mara Mărăcinescu for SEMI SILENT

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