VietNamNet Bridge - On November 22-23, the Echoes project will be running a series of unique audio walks in Hanoi. When you go on the walk, you’ll be hearing sounds, but this is no ordinary audio tour as the sounds change according to your location. This is made possible with location technologies – GPS – built into mobile devices.

Echoes has commissioned two artists, one from Vietnam, Luong Hue Trinh, and one from Denmark, Hans Sydow, to create two immersive audio experiences for Hanoi and Copenhagen. They are working together to create an incredible sonic journey unlike any other.

Let them lead you on an extraordinary trip through the city centre and hear places that you recognize through a fresh set of ears.

Expect to be surprised. You might hear sounds of the city’s hidden past, stories by local residents, ambient environmental sounds conjuring a different space and time, even music performed by unseen musical troupes. “Echoes” offers you the opportunity to experience the city through sound.

Last year, the Hanoi Soundwalk was the first of its kind to ever run in South East Asia. The project ran in conjunction with 11 other cities around the world, as part of the larger Locative Audio project.

This year, it’s growing in Hanoi to become a larger project named “Echoes”. The project has a web app for Creators to make sound maps online and submit them to the project, and it built its own Android app for users to experience the walks.

Just follow this link to sign up: http://echoesaround.eventbrite.com

The Echoes team will also be running workshops in the week prior to the walks with students of Đom Đóm, the contemporary music group, to create their own sound maps.

Echoes is supported by the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund of the Embassy of Denmark in Hanoi, and IndieGoGo crowdfunding. Hans Sydow has been supported to create the walk for Copenhagen by DJBFA and the Danish Arts Foundation.

T. Van