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sonic geographies


SP 2025 | Bay Area Creeks
  1. Jeannie Eom
  2. Zach Thorpe
  3. Kenza Habibi
  4. Laura Liu
  5. Soomin Cho
  6. Emma Kraus
  7. Stella Singer
  8. Jade Gao
  9. Johann Gatty
  10. Christina Jiang
FA 2023 | Bay Area Creeks
  1. Rui Chen
  2. ameia smith
  3. Cole Haddock
  4. Wendy Rajan
  5. Julius Weisberg
  6. Ned Morris
  7. Kelvin Huang
  8. Leslie Ramirez
  9. Maya Howard
  10. Tim Cao
SU 2023 | East Bay Creeks
  1. Shu Enomoto
  2. Isabella Abarno
  3. Rui Chen
  4. Annabelle Law
  5. Jonas Abrams
  6. Jazmin Hernandez
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HELLO FRIENDS 
MY NAME IS SOOMIN
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MY RECORDINGS

- in no specific order - 


 001 - MARCH 07, 2025 
︎ PINOLE CREEK, PINOLE 


︎︎︎ Of all our class trips, Pinole was my personal favorite! I loved the coffee at East Bay Coffee Shop... haha & Walked through a long road with the creek running through Pinole and eventually reached a waterfront with a beautiful view. Towards the end of the trip, the class was greeted with a lovely couple who explained the history of Hercules/Pinole neighborhood.


 002 - APRIL 25, 2025 
︎ LOBOS CREEK, SAN FRANCISCO


︎︎︎ Final trip of the semester and it was such a beautiful, beautiful end to the year. I really loved the transition from green to the blue waters of Baker Beach in SF. This trip cemented memories of this course into my brain and heart. I feel very lucky that I have my sound recordings to remember and cherish them forever!!! 


 003 - APRIL 18, 2025
︎ COYOTE HILLS, UNION CITY


︎︎︎this trip was soooooo so. so. beautiful. i brought a disposable film camera and regret not taking an extra one! class van trip to coyote hills :) i really loved how there wasn’t as much construction or leaf blower sounds overriding the ambient noises. lots of bird sounds and insects heard everywhere throughout the wetlands and hills. 


 004 - APRIL 04, 2025 
︎ SAN LORENZO CREEK


︎︎︎This soundwalk features a mixture of urban sounds and nature that seem to clash, but nonetheless exist in the same environment simultaneously. There are sounds of construction while birds continue chirping within the same street - I personally found this very interesting during the walk :) 


005 - APRIL 11, 2025
︎ALAMEDA CREEK, NILES
︎︎︎Every single class trip was beautiful, but the one to Niles was gorgeous! I loved the contrasting combination of nature and roads. All else aside, the nature and antique stores found in Niles was truly beautiful. I’d love to visit again and record more video footage for memories in addition to the recorded sounds. 


 006 - FEBRUARY 21, 2025
︎BUSHY DELL CREEK

︎︎︎A day spent following the Bushy Dell Creek. Started our journey in Oakland’s Lakeside Park and made our way to Lake Merritt -- the water flows down to the lake. As we walk towards and arrive at the Lake, there is a noticable change in sound! More community connected by music, stories, and the nature. Another one of my personal favorite adventures -- I hope the lady found her glasses, and that I can make my way back to Lake Merrit ASAP. 


that is all 
thank you for listening! 

              recorded on: zoom h2n ft. garfield 

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