Five Pankow Soundwalks

A soundwalk is planned with the idea to listen while walking. Different streets and neighbourhoods have different sonic characters; individual buildings or places, such as industrial or park areas, have very specific acoustic qualities. The Berlin district of Pankow ranges from city center to its rural edge. It contains residential areas, shopping streets, large green spaces, different communities, many types of architecture old and new, the river Panke and is crossed by railways, busy roads and flight paths to Tegel airport. It has a rich and varied soundscape. Sound artists and researchers Peter Cusack, Udo Noll, Martyna Poznanska, katrinem and Sam Auinger created 5 different soundwalks in Pankow based on the themes of city neighbourhoods and communities; city peripheral areas; listening as a bodily experience; paths of awareness - my neighbourhood; the breathing vity respectively. They took place during spring 2019. The public was invited to join the artists on the walks and explore Pankow’s unique sonic worlds. What was heard was discussed en route and afterwards. All the walks were intended for small groups so were repeated several times.