On 3-4 May 2025, we launched a sound walk at the big roundabout in Palangkaraya city center, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Since then, we launched two more sound walks at Lapangan Jakarta and City Park Telawang, Palangkaraya.
The sound walk shares excerpts from 24-hour-long sound recordings from three forests in Central Kalimantan: Ulin/Tabalien Forest in Gunung Mas, Rungan Customary Forest KHDTK (Special Purpose Forest Zone) in Mungku Baru and Mount Lumut Customary Forest/Berong village in North Barito Ulu.
Fourteen listening points are installed, accessible through QR codes. Each listening point highlights the soundscape of one of the forests at a particular time within the circadian cycle, along with a short text. The text provides information on the specific location, the audible animals and reflections on the listening process.
Examplary link to the full page of Listening Point 1 – before sunrise
Connected to the sound walk at the roundabout in Palangkaraya, we installed a sound installation in a one-weekend event. As an immersive sound experience, we broadcasted the sounds of the Ulin Forest in real time from early morning until late night through the sound system of the monument at the big roundabout to bring back the audible experience of the diminishing local forests to Palangkaraya.
The bioacoustic sounds of this sound walk were assembled in collaboration with the indigenous Dayak Ngaju communities of Parempai and Bereng Malaka villages and the Taboyan community in Berong village.
The artists of Points of Listening acknowledge the forest and its sounding creatures as the primary creators of these bioacoustic recordings.
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