CDA SONIC DRIFT is an artist-led audio essay structured around a geospatial Sonic UX framework. Focusing on Brussels North’s Chaussée d’Anvers (CDA), the project traces and maps Sonic Space Shifts, the dynamic transformations of urban sonic environments, through field recording, differential listening, and AI-assisted analysis. Rooftop logging and AER/USS modules were implemented in collaboration with CERTH as a technical partner.
The AUDIO ESSAY brings together dubplate listening sessions, risograph scores, and GIS-based discomfort maps to explore the alluring behaviour of sonic figurations in changing urban space. Presented as a playable mixed-media installation, it invites public reflection on acoustic discomfort, the role of AI in urban planning, and community agency in negotiating the sonic conditions of urban life.
Claus, C., Loupas, G., Kritopoulou, P., & Georgakopoulou, N. (2024). Sonic Drift CDA: Performance of an AI-based sonic geographic dérive. In M. Boubezari, C. R. Duarte, & E. Pinheiro (Eds.), Sensory explorations, ambiances in a changing world: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Ambiances (pp. 432–443). International Ambiances Network, Oct 2024, Lisbonne, Portugal. (ISBN: 978-989-757-300-2).
A series of three mixable dubplates inviting listeners to explore the alluring behaviour of sonic figurations that articulate transformations in the urban landscape along Chaussée d’Anvers (CDA), Brussels North.
Audio essay presented as a playable mixed-media installation. Premiered at RESILENCE – Future Soundscapes & Affect Mining in Urban Ecosystems, BASE Milano, as part of FAROUT Festival 2025. Curated by Fundamental Research, eina idea, and forty five degrees. Photography: Rafael Jacinto.
ReSilence S+T+ARTS Residency Horizon Europe (Grant Agreement No. 101070278).