Amar C. Bakshi (American, born 1984), Shared_Studios (Brooklyn, New York, USA, founded 2014); Audio composition, 4:52 minutes; Courtesy of Shared_Studios

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0201, Portal_Soundscapes, 2018

Its medium is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm0zibhvmiw&.

An overhead speaker plays sounds collected from cities and locations around the world. The piece was created by Shared_Studios, an organization that creates two-way audio/video connections between dozens of cities around the globe. Curators living in different locations worldwide have collected sounds that are unique to those places.

Amar C. Bakshi (American, born 1984), Shared_Studios (Brooklyn, New York, USA, founded 2014); Audio composition, 4:52 minutes; Courtesy of Shared_Studios

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