Prompted by the idea of focusing on a generative topic, Human Rhythms explores how sound can be represented visually on paper. It is a collection of “musical compositions” around Banker St., Brooklyn at ten in the morning between November 3 to November 10, 2022. The book and its system is heavily inspired by a standard musical composition book, except it is mathematically divided into more grids to denote 30-second intervals.
The sounds extracted from the 7-day period reflects two separate data sets; outside happenings and neighbors’ activities. Additionally, the ambiguity of this orchestra of sounds do not give an understanding of where it reverberates spatially. Each day also produces a statistical overview that further quantifies how many seconds each sound was present throughout the day.