Museum Soundscape Curator
Guest curator responsible for updating and maintaining the playlists of the soundscapes made by the University of Victoria’s Anthropology of Sound classes.
Playlists
![Anthropology of Sound 2017 Class](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Explorers-Furtrade-480x360.jpg)
Anthropology of Sound 2017 Class
Welcome to the playlist for the Anthropology of Sound, class of 2017. Students from the University of Victoria have been inspired by various artifacts, dioramas, and exhibits and created original soundscapes to accompany them. You can also listen to these soundscapes, and many more from previous classes, on Soundcloud (click here to check it out!)
Entries
![“A Bike Ride by the Sea” by Katherine Gillis (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"The background sound of the ocean is really a distorted version of the
trickling water from the university's waterfall, and the end of the
sound clip has a bicycle clip played in reverse to represent the
movement of going back in time, to a time when the style of bicycle that
the soundscape is based off of would have existed."
![“Untitled” by Rachel Glick (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"Your dreams of becoming a forest-dwelling hermit come true. It's pouring outside, so light a fire and put on a record."
![“Untitled” by Rachel Glick (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Infrastructure-Becoming-BC-Wooden-Floor-480x360.jpg)
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You can find these wooden floors throughout the exhibits on the third floor of the museum.
![“Damp Mine” by Mankinn Gee (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"A walk through a damp mine. You find something that shouldn't be there."
![“Damp Mine” by Mankinn Gee (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Industry-Mine-1-480x360.jpg)
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You can find the mine in the Industry exhibit.
![“The Industrial Voice” by Nathan Campbell, Rob Cowley, and Marj Parent (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
"A variety of recordings of industrial equipment; compiled, arranged,
and lightly processed in order to construct an ambiguous soundscape
symbolic of labour in North America. This soundscape represents the
"voice of industry": the shared characteristics of industrial sounds
throughout history and their ubiquity in industrial spaces."
![“The Industrial Voice” by Nathan Campbell, Rob Cowley, and Marj Parent (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Industry-Mine-480x360.jpg)
You can find the mine in the Industry exhibit.
![“Chinatown Medicine Shop” was made by Gabi Balcaen (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This is the soundscape for the medicine shop in the Chinatown marketplace. Listen to the soothing sounds of the guzheng accompanied by quiet chatters, amongst other sounds."
![“Chinatown Medicine Shop” was made by Gabi Balcaen (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Chinatown-Medicine-Display-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this medicine display in China Town in Old Town.
![“Dinner Party” by Caitlin Wynne (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"I chose the china tea set because I have always loved china tea sets.
When I see these tea sets it always makes me think of extravagant dinner
parties with live music. Through this soundscape I tried to represent a
dinner party with the soundscape ending with the string quartet ready
to start the music."
When I see these tea sets it always makes me think of extravagant dinner
parties with live music. Through this soundscape I tried to represent a
dinner party with the soundscape ending with the string quartet ready
to start the music."
![“Dinner Party” by Caitlin Wynne (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Railway-Tea-Set-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this china set in a display case across from the Livery in Old Town.
![“Getting Canned” by Madison Hadfield (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This is a short sound piece following the journey of a salmon getting
caught, canned, and sold. From the perspective of the salmon we travel
from the Salish Sea, through the canning process, and into a local
general store where the can of smoked salmon is finally opened."
![“Getting Canned” by Madison Hadfield (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cannery-480x360.jpg)
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You can find the Cannery near the Tremblay Homestead, in the Industry exhibit.
![“Floating” by Katie McPherson (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"The inspiration for this soundscape came from an old boating float made from blown glass wrapped with rope. In the soundscape I choose to bring out the sounds of water, rope tying it together with a methodic bass line to create a distorted track that invokes a mellow interpretation of what it could be like floating along the water."
![“Floating” by Katie McPherson (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cannery-Japanese-Buoy-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this Japanese glass fishing buoy across from the salmon cleaning table in the Cannery in the Industry exhibit.
![“Water is Life” by Ben Ghafari (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"Throughout this project, I attempted to capture the relevance of water in our daily lives. While listening to this production, one should appreciate the fragility of water in all its majesty. This soundscape provides the listener with a figurative breath of fresh air swept from the surface of salty tides."
![“Water is Life” by Ben Ghafari (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Explorers-HMS-Discovery-480x360.jpg)
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Find this nautical diorama in the Naval collection in the Becoming BC exhibit.
![“Vancouver’s Globe” by Nathan Daigle (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"The year is 1794. . . The soundscape begins outside of the docked Discovery. The weather is
gloomy and Sea Lions are heard near by. A crew member enters the
quarters, sits down, and spins the globe several times. A haunting
melody creeps into the soundscape, representative of things to come."
![“Vancouver’s Globe” by Nathan Daigle (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/HMS-Globe-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this globe in Captain Vancouver's chambers inside the HMS Discovery in the Becoming BC exhibit.
![“Journey” by Matthew Kennell and Danny Thon (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This soundscape is meant to evoke feelings of nostalgia and curiosity
for people in modern society as many, if not all of us, will never
experience an ocean crossing in a boat such as this one. we also wanted
to add some muffled voices and other sounds that might not be as
familiar to listeners that could still be present in this context."
![“Journey” by Matthew Kennell and Danny Thon (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/HMS-Captain-Vancouvers-Bedroom-480x360.jpg)
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You can find Captain Vancouver's chambers inside the HMS Discovery in the Becoming BC exhibit.
![“Telling Time” was made by Rhianna Bella (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This soundscape is about the impact of time, and how it can serve as a
reminder for us. Time is studied in both cultural and social contexts,
and there is something special about being transported to another time
or place through music."
![“Telling Time” was made by Rhianna Bella (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Watch-Display-1-480x360.jpg)
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You can find the watch and clocks display on the second floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Only Time Will Tell” was made by Ben Bogstie (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This two minute long soundscape is an ominous piece about time,
speaking to the distance of the past and the uncertainty of the future."
![“Only Time Will Tell” was made by Ben Bogstie (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Watch-Display-480x360.jpg)
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You can find the watch and clocks display on the second floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Memories Of An Office” was made by Adam Domville (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"Upstairs in the Grand Hotel in Old Town there's an abandoned office
that was once full of activity. Listen carefully and you will hear
sounds made by the people who worked there 100 years ago; impressions of
past lives and old memories. Ghosts of former office employees float
through the room and go about their business."
![“Memories Of An Office” was made by Adam Domville (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Office-1-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this Office diorama on the second floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Achieving the American Dream” by Tamara Friedman (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"America is seemingly a country that allows people to gain fortune,
wealth and achieve success. However, what measures do they need to take
in order to bring their dreams to fruition? . . . It can offer many great things however there are hardships, barriers, pitfalls and uncertainties along the way."
![“Achieving the American Dream” by Tamara Friedman (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/HMS-American-Flag-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this American flag to the left of the HMS Discovery at the entrance of the Becoming BC exhibit.
![“Dormant Delights” by Amy Anderson (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This soundscape was created for (and about) the woman who lives in this
kitchen. Special thanks to Oona Vaughn for lending her voice."
![“Dormant Delights” by Amy Anderson (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Kitchen-480x360.jpg)
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You can find the Kitchen diorama on the second floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Serenitea” by David Eupen and Madison Williams (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This soundscape represents a quiet afternoon of brewing tea and
appreciating time spent alone. It explores the process of tea making and
the sense intimacy it evokes."
![“Serenitea” by David Eupen and Madison Williams (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Tea-Room-480x360.jpg)
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You can find the Tea Room diorama on the first floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“I’m Just Trying to Find the Washroom” by Matthew Nicklen (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
"This piece chronicles the evening of a person or group of friends
attempting to find the washroom as they get increasingly more
intoxicated. On their way, they drop cups, get accosted by fellow
patrons, and are distracted by bright lights and sudden noises. Their
journey is fruitless, however, as they eventually give up and exit the
saloon."
![“I’m Just Trying to Find the Washroom” by Matthew Nicklen (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Beer-Display-480x360.jpg)
Find this beer and brewing display on the second floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Men at Work” by Megan Macdonald and Navjot Sidhu (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"A glimpse into the sonic world of an importer, hard at work in an office in the early 1890’s."
![“Men at Work” by Megan Macdonald and Navjot Sidhu (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Office-480x360.jpg)
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Find the Office diorama on the second floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“A Bike Ride by the Sea” by Katherine Gillis (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Bicycle-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this bicycle leaning against the stairs near the Majestic Cinema in Old Town.
![“Lost in Space” by Laura Steele and Georgia Pike (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"'Lost in Space' is designed to transport its listener into the mind of a blind person. In general, people who are blind or visually impaired tend to be more in tune with their other senses, including sound. Our intention with 'Lost in Space' is to emphasize the importance sound
and the important role sound plays when interacting with the world."
![“Lost in Space” by Laura Steele and Georgia Pike (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-1-480x360.jpg)
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This soundscape is inspired by Old Town.
![“Rainy Mood in Chinatown” by Leanna McKnight (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"As you peer inside the kitchen window in Chinatown's gloomy cobblestone alleyway, you will hear the clatter of glasses, chopping of vegetables and bubbling of oil as a group of hungry men chatter away... a cheerful verse of the erhu melodically strums as a gentle rainfall hums in the background..."
![“Rainy Mood in Chinatown” by Leanna McKnight (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Chinatown-480x360.jpg)
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Find Chinatown to the right of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Mise-en-scène” by Fernanda Sotomayor (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This soundscape aims to tell a story that will make you experience the sounds and emotions of going to the movie theatres in both, contemporary time and the 1920’s. Let your imagination drive you through this soundscape and discover the importance of sound and its relation to our daily lives in all times."
![“Mise-en-scène” by Fernanda Sotomayor (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Majestic-Cinema-480x360.jpg)
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You can find the Majestic Cinema across from the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“A Walk to the Mailbox” by Jacob Derksen (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"When was the last time you sent a letter? Let’s use sound to take us
on a journey. Please close your eyes and imagine yourself writing a
letter to someone you care about, and walking to your neighbourhood
mailbox to drop it off!"
![“A Walk to the Mailbox” by Jacob Derksen (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Mailbox-480x360.jpg)
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You can find this mailbox near the train station diorama in Old Town.
![“The Cure For a Long Day” by Ross Sutherland (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"The ambient noise of a bar on a rainy evening. Rain on the windows, companionship, cards, and smoking. Follow the sound from left to right as the imaginary subject shakes off the rain, acquires a drink, and joins a friend for an evening of gambling."
![“The Cure For a Long Day” by Ross Sutherland (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Saloon-480x360.jpg)
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Find the Saloon on the main floor of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Victoriana” by Jemma Stoppard (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This soundscape is an interpretation of the stairwell through the
medium of sound. In its interpretation it attempts to give new life to
old heads."
![“Victoriana” by Jemma Stoppard (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/OldTown-Grand-Hotel-Staircase-480x360.jpg)
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Find this stairwell and the preserved animal heads in the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Industrial Augury” by Cole Burns (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"Descend into the chaos of a prophetic vision. Wandering through the moss and between dystopian schisms."
![“Industrial Augury” by Cole Burns (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Old-Town-Livery-480x360.jpg)
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Find the Livery diorama to the left of the Grand Hotel in Old Town.
![“Slide Projections” by Josephine Simpson (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"The slide projector encapsulates a family gathering, a shared
experience. Every clunk of the slide loader takes viewers to another
time and place - a projection of the past."
![“Slide Projections” by Josephine Simpson (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Century-Hall-Slide-Projector-Close-480x360.jpg)
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Find this slide projector in the 1970's display case in Century Hall.
![“The Youth of the 1940’s” by Jaclyn Richmond (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"This
soundscape is intended to marry the joyous sounds of
music with the battle sounds of World War II. It aims to encapsulate emotions of both
happy and heartbreaking while highlighting the ever
timeless importance of music."
![“The Youth of the 1940’s” by Jaclyn Richmond (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Century-Hall-Clothing-480x360.jpg)
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Find this clothing in the 1940's display case in Century Hall.
![“A Broken Wall and A New Start” by Brett Baldwin (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"My soundscape lets you listen to the 1980's and all the main highlights
of it, focusing in on the Western world. It goes from one event to the
next to the next ending with the rise in technology and the sounds that
accompanied it. Hope you like it!"
![“A Broken Wall and A New Start” by Brett Baldwin (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Century-Hall-80s-and-90s-Case-480x360.jpg)
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Find this 1980's and 90's display case in Century Hall.
![“Missing Lynx” by Josh Manning (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"The forest is home to many sounds and many creatures. This soundscape
tells a story of human engagement with nature, oriented around the
Canadian Lynx."
tells a story of human engagement with nature, oriented around the
Canadian Lynx."
![“Missing Lynx” by Josh Manning (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Century-Hall-Lynx-480x360.jpg)
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Find this preserved lynx near the 1940's display case in Century Hall.
![“Layers of Time” by Jason Sanche (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"Layers of Time" is an exploration of how clock time, perceptual time and nature-time weave together. The metered clock time layer is composed of the sound of a boar-scarer repeated and layered at different frequencies to form rhythms, threaded into a narrative of a 3-year-old as concepts of time begin to mix into her mind...
![“Layers of Time” by Jason Sanche (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Century-Hall-Clock-480x360.jpg)
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Find this large wooden clock mounted above the entrance way near the 1980's and 1990's display case in Century Hall.
![“Ascending Makeshift Mountain” by Reed Langen (audio)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/themes/learning-portal/img/listen-placeholder.jpg)
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"Imitating nature only limits nature according to human nature. The
imagination acts as you like it. A perception of nature is dubious; it
is beyond our control, incessantly shifting from our influence, and its
own. 'Ascending Makeshift Mountain' is a reflection of such an obscure
paradoxical relationship."
![“Ascending Makeshift Mountain” by Reed Langen (photo)](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Explorers-Furtrade-480x360.jpg)
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Find this soundscape by Reed Langen at the mountain portage diorama in the fur trade exhibit in Becoming BC.