{"id":2134,"date":"2018-11-01T19:23:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2022-01-09T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T19:20:41","slug":"emotion-recorded-abandoned-bridge-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/emotion-recorded-abandoned-bridge-china\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind &#8220;Emotion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe width=\"760\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9gw499OFHEc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Last year, Jos\u00e9 and I found a once-in-a-lifetime recording space. &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">In China, it is not uncommon to find half-finished, abandoned apartment buildings, shopping malls, and public infrastructure projects. &nbsp;This spot, however, is unique. &nbsp;At some point in Guangzhou&#8217;s recent history, a bridge to connect two islands within its sprawling river delta was started. &nbsp;For whatever reason, this one was never finished.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">The highway, in most apocalyptic fashion, is eerily quiet and empty as it lifts hundreds of feet into the air to stretch across the Zhujiang. &nbsp;Then suddenly and abruptly, it stops halfway across the river.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cora-Rose-Hidden-Guangzhou-Art-We-There-Yet-Smaller.png\" alt=\"Cora Rose Hidden Guangzhou Art We There Yet\" class=\"wp-image-2136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cora-Rose-Hidden-Guangzhou-Art-We-There-Yet-Smaller.png 900w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cora-Rose-Hidden-Guangzhou-Art-We-There-Yet-Smaller-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cora-Rose-Hidden-Guangzhou-Art-We-There-Yet-Smaller-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">The view from the edge is stunning. &nbsp;I could try to describe it, but you know what they say about a picture:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Unfinished-Bridge-Guangzhou-China-Art-We-There-Yet.png\" alt=\"Unfinished Bridge Guangzhou China Art We There Yet\" class=\"wp-image-2137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Unfinished-Bridge-Guangzhou-China-Art-We-There-Yet.png 900w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Unfinished-Bridge-Guangzhou-China-Art-We-There-Yet-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Unfinished-Bridge-Guangzhou-China-Art-We-There-Yet-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">As we quite literally reached the end of the road, I turned and said to Jos\u00e9, &#8220;Well, so much for finding that tunnel.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;Hold on,&#8221; he said as he (gulp) climbed over the edge of the bridge and inched down a ladder to a platform just below. &nbsp;&#8220;Hey babe,&#8221; he shouted up, &#8220;we found it!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Like the hollow inside of a reed exposed to the world, there at the very end of the unfinished bridge is the opening to a tunnel. &nbsp; It is built into the underside of the highway, stretching for hundreds of feet under the bridge, quickly fading into pitch black.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">And the acoustics are amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Two weeks later we returned with our recording and camera gear. &nbsp;The recordings and visuals we garnered not only capture the unique acoustics of the space, but also the sounds of a busy and ever-bustling China. &nbsp;Just across the river sits the ancient fishing port of Huangpu, and every now and then you&#8217;ll hear the cry of a carpenter&#8217;s saw or the low chug of a fishing boat.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LYRICS<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Keep free and emotion alive, let everybody know you from the inside<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Keep free and emotion alive, let everybody know you from the inside<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Keep free and emotion alive, keep free and emotion alive<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Keep free and emotion real, let everybody know just the way you feel<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Keep free and emotion real, let everybody know just the way you feel<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Keep free and emotion alive, keep free and emotion alive<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Jos\u00e9 and I found a once-in-a-lifetime recording space. &nbsp;In China, it is not uncommon to find half-finished, abandoned apartment buildings, shopping malls, and public infrastructure projects. &nbsp;This spot, however, is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-before-the-americas-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5098,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions\/5098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}