Athens by sound

What would a non-visual map look like? What would itfeel like if you wandered within a forest of headphones, playing sounds fromdifferent places in Athens? How would it feel if you found yourself in a ‘map’that only appeared when you walked in it? The Greek pavilion addresses these questions throughan atmospheric interactive ‘game’, presenting fragments of sounds and visualsequences of Athens. A forest of cables carrying hanging headphonescreates a ‘dense’ environment, to be gradually explored. This kind of sonic mapis not an ‘overview’; it is rather explored step by step by the visitor’smovement. The encounter with the unexpected is part of the navigation,similarly to the experience of the actual city. Although the headphones areorganized upon a grid, it is very difficult for someone to localize a soundthat he had earlier on listened to.