As our environment continues to diminish around us; as artists we are beginning to notice its beauty more than we did before. We understand the possibility of not having natural beauty around us in the future. One of the ways our climate is changing is through natural soundscapes. Natural habitats are being destroyed and replaced with manmade surroundings. Sound Artists Chris Watson and Jana Winderson are two artists who incorporate field recordings centred around endangered habitats and specifies. They use these sonic sounds to document the changes in our environment and risk towards habitats. Another example of sound artists using our environment is Francisco López and Robert Curgenven who study the way humans react within certain environments and with each other. Their works combine sounds from both urban and rural settings to create acoustic landscapes that emphasise how humans affect the natural world. By doing this, they inspire listeners to reflect more deeply on their relationship with the environment and to take into account how their actions may affect the environment. Within my future work, I hope to take these influences and embody sounds taken from the environment within my sound piece. As an artist, I get so focussed on creating foley and sounds created within a studio or artificially. It is vital to listen to what we have around us without human interference and record the beauty from its core.
