Ice recordings

So, life is just weird sometimes. But sometimes I wonder why I always get those freaky projects? 🙂 On the other hand, I guess it’s much more intereseting than the usual stuff, so it’s actually quite OK.

But to get to the point. Most nights this week I sat on a frozen lake with a microphone to record the sounds that ice produces. It is a quite interesting and meditative way of spending a couple of hours: just sitting still in the middle of the cold night and listening to what’s happening below you. Very very cool I must say. And also it becomes ever more clear that I will have to take a trip someplace really cold and spend a couple of days or maybe even weeks outside, preferably with a dog sled. We’ll see. I’m sure I’ll get around to doing that!

Anyway, this is what it looks like:

If you look at all the pictures I took, you will find that on Monday it was a total dream night: clear, cold almost a full moon left. Quite breathtaking!

Oh yeah, and as you can see on the picture: the second night there was heavy snow fall and since I of course had to sit still, I got snowed in a little. Quite a nice feeling, actually only thanks to the massive arctic outdoor gear that I’ve been given. Without that it would be pretty dangerous and I’d probably be in the hospital with bronchitis by now. 🙂