Pen and paper record the memories, places and adventures of many who wander, pertaining to the fixation with the visual in our world. But when was the last time a place was remembered for its acoustic qualities?

Our obsession with sight has led us to create extraordinary and alluring places for our eyes but seldom are these spaces enriching for our ears. A speculative project, The City Rings explores the rich cacophonous sounds of Sydney, investigating architecture as an apparatus for establishing and documenting a unique and profound cinematic soundscape. Notes form layers upon layers on top of each other, the serene rustling of Moreton Bay fig trees becomes an eerie hypnotism, the blaring of ferry horns emerge as a tidal wave, the booming of a summer afternoon thunderstorm turns cataclysmic. The cacophonous performance of the city reminds us to keep our ears open, in a visually dominant world, where sound is all too easily forgotten.