MICHAEL BATTEY

MICHAEL BATTEY

THE VOICE OF HOME

2013

3:04

Nothing is more everyday than what we hear in our own home. Only at home those sounds are more like noises until you put them together in one collection. The audio for this project is a collection of 27 different sounds along with a drum beat most commonly heard in the house speakers. Together they form an odd array of individual audible instances. Sounds include doors, faucets, bathtubs, coffee makers, a dog, wine bottles and so on. 

I used a small sound recorder and logic to piece together the sounds and drum into one audio file. The audio file was then moved into iMovie along with pictures taken around the house. Some of the objects in the house are contributors to the individual sounds in the audio. Together they form the voice of home.