Natural Enemy
Humans monopolize and gain revenue
from taking elements of nature and putting a price tag on them. Even recreating
these “natural environments” for home owner’s backyards and large centralized
spaces in cities and town such as, hospitals and downtown squares. Starting off
as the recreation of what can be seen and replicated to now taking sounds of
natural environments and placing them into unnatural “man-made” homes and
buildings. Now instead of walking outside to hear the rain or even traveling to
the beach for some relaxation the average day human has the capabilities to experience
these sounds inside the comforts of their home.
“Natural
Enemy” is a 3 minute sound clip of different natural recordings and a comment
on one of the unnatural methods we can now use to hear them; the soothing
clock. This clock monopolizes on the sounds of nature and it meant to lull the
user to sleep. By taking the simulated sound environment of the outdoors and
not using primarily the “attractive” sounds that nature produces but also
combining them with the “unattractive” sounds, such as a sea gull laughing; the
irony in our manipulation is brought forth. By continuing the sound of the
individual sleeping in the background it shows our ignorance and comfort we
find in manipulating what is natural in order to create something that is not.
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