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English Audio Request

Hubert
344 Words / 2 Recordings / 2 Comments
Note to recorder:

Natural speed, not too fast,please.

Thank you so much. :-)

Well, this is a surprising picture: The first thing that struck me was that it was a very academic painting. Indeed it shows a lovely landscape, with very harmonious proportions and colours. It makes me think of Constable’s representations of English landscapes in the early 19th century. The painting is divided into two parts. In the top half, we can see the sky with orangey clouds floating above hilltops covered in trees. At the bottom of the hills, in the distance, we can see a small village with a few red-roofed houses. The river starts on the right of the picture between the trees in the background, and flows first towards the left-hand side
of the painting, past an enormous tree, and then changes its course before ending
in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture where the water takes up most of the space. There is also a little hill on the right, and on the hill we can see a meadow with sheep and a shepherdess in a red dress, opposite the very tall tree on the other bank of the river. This landscape would really look like an ordinary early 19th century landscape if it weren’t for two huge metal poles in it. You can see one on the right – not far from the shepherdess
– and another one in the foreground, almost in the middle of the painting, but slightly to the left. It is enormous and seems to emerge from the water. It is so high that it takes up most of the space, from the water to the sky. At the top of the pole there are six cameras that seem to be pointed in all directions in order to film what is going on. At the top of the other pole there appear to be two cameras. This is in total contrast with the peaceful, somewhat old-fashioned atmosphere of the landscape. The presence of cameras also seems anachronistic, considering the shepherdess’s clothes, which are quite outdated. The artist must have wanted to denounce our surveillance society.

Recordings

  • Countryside CCTV ( recorded by asanion47 ), US-California

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    Well, this is a surprising picture: The first thing that struck me was that it was a very academic painting. Indeed it shows a lovely landscape, with very harmonious proportions and colours. It makes me think of Constable’s representations of English landscapes in the early 19th century. The painting is divided into two parts. In the top half, we can see the sky with orangey clouds floating above hilltops covered in trees. At the bottom of the hills, in the distance, we can see a small village with a few red-roofed houses. The river starts on the right of the picture between the trees in the background, and flows first towards the left-hand side of the painting, past an enormous tree, and then changes its course before ending in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture where the water takes up most of the space. There is also a little hill on the right, and on the hill we can see a meadow with sheep and a shepherdess in a red dress, opposite the very tall tree on the other bank of the river. This landscape would really look like an ordinary early 19th century landscape if it weren’t for two huge metal poles in it. You can see one on the right – not far from the shepherdess – and another one in the foreground, almost in the middle of the painting, but slightly to the left. It is enormous and seems to emerge from the water. It is so high that it takes up most of the space, from the water to the sky. At the top of the pole there are six cameras that seem to be pointed in all directions in order to film what is going on. At the top of the other pole there appear to be two cameras. This is in total contrast with the peaceful, somewhat old-fashioned atmosphere of the landscape. The presence of cameras also seems anachronistic, considering the shepherdess’s clothes, which are quite outdated. The artist must have wanted to denounce our surveillance society.

  • Countryside CCTV ( recorded by timvox ), English

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Comments

Hubert
April 10, 2019

Thanks a lot timvox: that was exactly what I was looking for. Excellent work. :-D

timvox
April 11, 2019

De rien. :)

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