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Recordist's notes
Near the entrance to the woods, she is sitting in a camping chair, scraping the ground with a tin can, filling a bag with soil which she puts into her trolley; she is talking to herself. You can hear joggers passing by, birds, and cars in the distance. Eventually she gets up, gathers her belongings and walks a little further to smoke a cigarette in the sunshine. Une femme sans-abri Vers le pavillon d'entrée du bois, elle est assise dans une chaise de camping, gratte le sol avec une boite de conserve, remplit un sac de terre qu'elle met dans son chariot, elle parle seule. On entend des joggers passer, des oiseaux, des voitures dans le lointain. à la fin elle se lève, rassemble ses affaires et va un peu plus loin fumer une cigarette au soleil. Tech Note : DPA 4060 AB -> Zoom F3.
About the place
Ixelles is a town of about 86,671 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3 and DPA microphones. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.
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Sources & credits
- “Bois de la Cambre, Bruxelles, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique - A homeless woman” by Flavien Gillié – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0