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Dishes are drying on the radiator in the guesthouse room.
14.4.2025

Illness, Isolation, and Perceptions of Bells in Bissingen

What does it mean to experience a place from a single point of listening? During a field trip to Bissingen, Germany, illness confined me to my room — and offered an unexpected perspective on church bells, isolation, and the fragile rhythms of time. This personal reflection explores how soundscapes are not only heard but embodied, manifesting through the listener’s states of body-mind and creating shifting relations to community and place.

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