Original-Ecology Sounds of Cities' Impression.

Sounds appear everywhere. From the natural sound of a primitive society to the mechanical symphony of an industrial society, we are surrounded by sounds. Along with the development of human society, new sounds are produced continually. So the sound history reflects the course of human history. However, due to a lack of awareness to our sound environment, some sounds have faded away while their value not being recognized. Original-Ecology sounds, which are without any processing, trace our ways of living and thinking, and touch on our memories and feelings. Sounds are invisible and intangible. Once gone, the crafts, lifestyle, living conditions and feelings that they used to represent will disappear along with them. Sounds are a part of our cultural heritage and deserve to be studied. As an important part of human civilization, cities are associated with the development of human society. Today's effervescent cities generate many new sounds while accelerating the demise of traditional ones. We intend to evoke the lost memories of neglected sounds by creating an interactive, emotional-centered experience. More Than Sound, an on-line social soundscape with three major components: A mobile application, a website and a public sound installation, outlining social scenes and life stories, it does not end up at encouraging people to collect and save sounds around cities; it enables people to form a deeper understanding of their living environment through cities' vivid sound portraits. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.