Imagine, you were walking at night through the streets of your city and the buildings started to breath softly.

"The breathing project" is the idea of a collective, large-scale happening, in which all inhabitants of different cities could participate. Broadcasted via radio, the composition based on the sound of breath was projected by the audience at open windows into the public space. Passing pedestrians could perceive the sound emerging from the surrounding buildings.



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"The breathing project" is a pulsatile composition entirely based on the sound of my breath, which has been digitally modified and arranged like a piece of music.
I have concieved of the project especially for the radio. My aim is to have it projected into as many cities worldwide as possible.

Right before transmission, the radio-audience should be asked to open their windows and project the sound onto the street.

Duration: 5:12
Created in collaboration with sound engineer Eric B. Barr.

... listen to soundfile

> madrid breathing, Madrid Abierto, Februar 2010

www.madridabierto.com/en/soundwork/2009/gloria-zein.html

Radio 3-Radio Nacional de España, 26.02.2010

> new haven breathing, ultra radio, 16.03.2006

www.ultraradio.com

> antwerp breathing, radiocentraal Antwerp, 23.04.2004

> washington breathing, art@radio Washington DC, 04.12.2002

art-radio.net/8fall02/120402.html

> ny breathing, WKCR radio station, NY, 13.09.2002

www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/archives/newmusic/p4.html

> frankfurt breathing, free manifesta frankfurt, july/august 2002

www.freemanifesta.org