Re: some of our discussion about mannequins and recorded audio.
Here's a link to a list of Janet Cardiff's "Walks." She records these walks by holding a special device -- a mannequin head with microphones placed in each of its ears, each of which is recording a different channel. If you click on any of the links and then listen to the samples with headphones you'll get a sense of how eerie the stereophonic effect is.
I also like the image of her making the recordings, marching through busy streets with some uncouth, disembodied puppet head, whispering furtively into its electronic ears.
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