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Sound of silence says a man in a restaurant

Nocibé, 1, Place du Président Wilson, Saint-Georges, Capitole / Arnaud Bernard / Carmes, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France métropolitaine, 31000, France

A field recording by Claire Sauvaget made in Toulouse, France on 20 October 2011, in the afternoon. Soundscape: cafés, bars & restaurants.

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Recordist's notes

I recorded in Cardinal Restaurant for lunch. "Elle fait une recherche philosophique sur le silence" A man saw that I recorded sound in a restaurant. He started to speak loudly about me to his friend, trying to imagine why I was recording... He says en french "Le son silencieux. Elle fait de la philosophie du son. Elle fait une étude philsophique sur le son silencieux. L'art de ne rien dire ! Elle est à la recherche du silence parfait; une forme de NEANT , c'est la production du neant ! " "The silent sound. She is doing sound philosophy. She makes a philosophical study on the silent sound. The art of saying nothing ! She is seeking of a perfect silence, a void in a way. this is a production of a void !" Captation : zoom h4n

Written by Claire Sauvaget on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Toulouse is a city of about 511,684 people in Occitanie, France. OttoAnna lists 251 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.

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