The data used in the Cities and Memories project is a collection of sound recordings that are collected and transformed from all over the world by many sound artist.
Input Data and Sources – The input data of this project primarily consist of field recordings collected from countless locations around the world. The recordings are used to capture unique sounds of environments, settings, and even events.
The data is also not only gathered by the people that run the project. Anyone can submit sounds to the project to get reviewed and maybe even get published into the project. Over 1,000 sound artist have submitted their own sounds to the project to be reviewed.
Forms – The output of this data takes a various number of forms in the project such as sound mapping and archiving of the sounds, reimagined sounds, and even additional projects published within this project.
Output Data – Project output includes an archive of sounds that can be downloaded using band camp and its a map based visualization of the archives. The archive of sounds consist of a large collection of artistic reinterpretations of sound that is generated from the original field recordings.
