From 1 April, Soundwalk Collective, an international sound collective based in New York and Berlin, will present Jungle-Iized: A Conversation With Nature - a month-long interactive multi-sensory art installation that will transform Times Square and transport over half a million visitors daily to the heart of the Amazon.
Presented in partnership with David de Rothschild, The Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC), Times Square Arts, Audio-Technica and CXA+ART, the immersive installation includes a participatory audio experience and an interactive video, to encourage a conversation with nature and to heighten awareness of the environmental impact of climate change.
It's a soundscape that began with Audio-Technica - the company's BP4027 and BP4029 stereo shotgun microphones (based on models developed for use in the Sydney Games in 2000) and AT4050ST large-diaphragm stereo condenser microphones were taken into the Peruvian Amazon by Soundwalk Collective to record the voices of Shipibo shamans and narration by Amazon experts Jeremy Narby and Daniel Pinchbeck, guiding visitors along a jungle tour and into a conversation with nature.
The composition features additional Amazon rainforest sound environments recorded by acclaimed sound artists Francisco L
