On 3-4 May 2025, we launched a sound walk together with a public sound installation at the big roundabout in Palangkaraya city center, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The sound walk and sound installation share excerpts from 24-hour-long sound recordings from three forests in Central Kalimantan: Ulin Forest, protected by Parempei and Bereng Malaka villages, Rungan Customary Forest KHDTK (Special Purpose Forest Zone) in Mungku Baru village, and Gunung Lumut Customary Forest, Berong village in Gunung Purei.
Fourteen listening points are installed in the sound walk, accessible through QR codes. Each listening point highlights 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 vocalizing animals present, and also reflections on the listening process. After the launching at the big roundabout in Palangkaraya city center, the sound walk has been relocated to Hutan Kota Telawang recreation area Palangkaraya where it found its permanent base.
Examplary link to the full page of Listening Point 1 – before sunrise
The sound installation was 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 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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