I recalled one time when I was having a sleepover at my friend’s house on a rainy night, she told us a ghost story. Someone turned the light off. In the dim room, with everyone holding their breath, the tic tac of the clock was the only thing to be heard.
When she talked about how the ghost was moving around with heavy steps in an abandoned hospital, trying to block the invaders, my palms sweated and I could feel my heart pounding. The steps, heartbeats, and the distant thunderstorm seemed combined together and created a feeling where illusion and reality were integrated.
For a split second, I had no clue where I was. Was I at my friend’s home? Was I being chased in that gloomy asylum? Or maybe I was standing in the rain, frozen. Before I knew it, I was pulled back into reality by the sound of my friend pouring juice.
Inspired by that piece of memory, I decided to create a soundscape using high-frequency sound clips to depict a sense of instability and confusion. By adding echo and reverb to some of the clips, I hope to blur the boundary of what was real and what was in my mind.