Place of learning: the Museum of Scotland
at Chambers St, Edinburgh.
Photograph: Jonny McHugh
Sound artist Jonny McHugh has been traversing the festival and recording as he goes. Here's his third instalment - you can download the file in mp3 format or stream it using RealPlayer. Jonny writes:
The Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street has an amazing atmosphere. As you enter, you are greeted by the sound of the rotating door flicking you through. Inside, the main foyer's cafe ambience and the fountains bubbling away in its centre camouflage the fact that this is a place of learning. The middle part of the sound clip is the sound of the children's education zone, recorded from the second floor of this Victorian building. Whilst studying the display upstairs, which showcases the development of the record player and recorded music, I noticed that the background sounds from the children below were highly complementary to the topic I was reading. However, there is still room for quiet reflection, such as in the south-east Asian art and culture section, which is displayed in reverent silence.
