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Audio-Technica supports ‘Jungle-ized’ project

A variety of Audio-Technica 40 Series broadcast and production microphones and M-Series headphones have been used to both capture and deliver a sonic and visual art installation in Times Square, New York City.

From April 1, Soundwalk Collective, an international sound collective based in New York and Berlin, presents ‘Jungle-ized: A Conversation With Nature’, a month-long interactive multi-sensory art installation that transforms Times Square and transport over half a million visitors daily to the heart of the Amazon.

Presented in partnership with David de Rothschild, The Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC), Times Square Arts, Audio-Technica and CXA+ART, the installation includes a participatory audio experience and an interactive video, to encourage a conversation with nature and to heighten awareness of the environmental impact of climate change.

It’s a soundscape that began with Audio-Technica: The company’s BP4027 and BP4029 stereo shotgun microphones and AT4050ST large-diaphragm stereo condenser microphones were taken into the Peruvian Amazon by Soundwalk Collective to record the voices of Shipibo shamans and narration by Amazon experts Jeremy Narby and Daniel Pinchbeck, guiding visitors along a jungle tour and into a conversation with nature. The composition features additional Amazon rainforest sound environments recorded by sound artist Francisco López.

As part of the Times Square Arts’ At the Crossroads program - which includes installations and performances on the public plazas of Times Square - visitors are invited to take self-guided audio tours of the Amazon by downloading the ‘Jungle-ized’ mobile app. From noon to midnight throughout April visitors can also borrow a pair of Audio-Technica’s ATH-M70x headphones from the official ‘Jungle-ized’ kiosk, to begin the journey through a virtual soundscape that superimposes the Amazon ecosystem upon an eight-square block area of Times Square.

This audio experience is accompanied by a video, directed by Stephan Crasneanscki of Soundwalk Collective, which is shown every night in April from 11:57pm to midnight on the electronic billboards of Times Square as part of Times Square Arts’ and Times Square Advertising Coalition’s Midnight Moment program.

Filmed with Nikon D750 and Nikkor lenses, the video was shot along the longitudinal 73rd Meridian West that connects Times Square with the Peruvian Amazon. Visitors will be encouraged to view the video through their phones by enabling a negative viewing function on any iOS device, inverting the colours to reveal a ‘positive’ version of the film.

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