What is Unnecessary Noise?
Kamwangi Njue
December 21, 2021
The editing process determines what goes to the public archive… What is a good quality recording?
KARIBU. This is an open-access archive of the sounds of Nairobi. It employs sound as a material that can be archived, researched and explored as a source of information that can narrate the story of the city, now and in the future. It is intended as a resource for artists, researchers, recordists… anyone interested in sound.
Check out our new project Sound Pressure Levels. It is a field recording project documenting the current political atmosphere in Kenya in the wake of the coming election in August 2022.
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Ear Maps
Sound walks through the city of Nairobi
Sounds like a pandemic?
A project exploring the sonic traces of the Covid-19 virus in the soundscape of Nairobi
Listen
An exhibition, panel discussion and performance
Hearing a Voice by Franziska Windisch
Sophia Bauer
November 6, 2021
For me the voice is a conundrum. It is intrinsically individual but also meant to be public….
A Recap
Raphael Kariuki
October 5, 2021
An eventful mid-year had us all in need of a break…
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