First, I want to highlight two art works that I found interesting and inspiring:
London Unseen in London Sound Survey
https://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/london_unseen/pitcairn
This consist of two sound maps where the sounds are associated with images. The first map associates the sounds with icons and the second does the same with bees on a beehive. I found these proposals interesting because the association is not explicit and the authors do not tell the auditor about the places where the sounds came from, so they must pay attention to try to guess what the location is or imagine it.
Two layers of cake, by Yara Mekawei, in Acts of Air: Reshaping the urban sonic
http://acts-of-air.crisap.org/two-layers-of-cake.html
This artwork consists in several layers of sounds from a neighbourhood in Old Cairo recorded during different times during the year and capturing different atmospheres and types of sound. The work invites the auditors to hear it in a location with historical background in an urban environment where the past and present can be heard. I found remarkable that the artist invites the auditors to become part of the sound map. Furthermore, is fascinating how in each auditor who listens to the proposal in his or her environment, a new sound construction is generated in situ.
Second, I want to expose my own sound exploration based in two sound researchs:
From my window
During the last weeks I have been recording sounds from my window. I live facing The Mound Street and Princess Gardens, close to the Castle and the Royal Mile so a lot of people walk around, and I have experienced different kinds of sound as songs from drunk people, street performers and animals.
In this SoundCloud playlist you can hear some of this sounds:
St. Patrick´s Feelings
I went to Dublin from 17th to 21 th March and I recorded many sounds related to St. Patrick`s day and other sounds from places around Dublin. I believe this sounds could be arranged in a Dublin map without names or zones, only symbols or icons that invite you to listen to the sounds of each place visited, without giving more explanation than the context.
In this SoundCloud playlist you can hear some of this sounds: