After reading about historical African American waterways, Norman W. Long took his own deep dive into the Little Calumet River. “I thought: This is fascinating,” Long said.
“I feel like you can put yourself into this migration, this flow of data in memory of history and culture,” Long said. “When you’re here in the space, you’re hearing echoes of a cultural history of the space, as well.”
Following his research, Long brought recording equipment to Calumet Harbor, Steelworkers Park, Indian Ridge Marsh, Beaubien Woods and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration Station. He looked at the landscape and listened deeply before turning on his recorder, trying to find the unique spaces of the area and their “signature sounds.”“I definitely want those sounds to stick out and engage you,” Long said.
Some of the sounds were manipulated, mixing certain elements together, Long said. Electronic sounds and music were generated from the data sets such as pollution levels he acquired from MWRD to complement and reinforce the recordings. “I can be a little more patient with my own particular idiosyncrasies and things like that,” he said. “It allows me to explore sounds a little bit more, or techniques … or new equipment.”
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