Involving the senses

As I said in the previous blog there are many factor which make an experience what it is. Another area I want to look at is sound. Sound is an incredibly important feature when travelling by train.

"silence that reigns inside while the wheels beat in rhythm against the rails outside, the dreaminess fostered by the noise"
-Alain De Botton, The Art of Travel

What De Botton describes here is the hypniotic sounds from a moving train. The sound of the outside where the train seems to beat in rhythm with your heart mixed with the deep, muffled sounds of people talking in the carriage. To make my experience believable I have to look at recreating these aspects of the train journey.

In this video I have used the sound of a train recorder outside the window. You can hear the beat of the train againt the rails. In the second video I have used the sound from inside one of the carriages.