Quiet Areas: Outer Experiences & Inner Sensations - A qualitative Approach using Film and Drones

Current definitions of quit areas are based on quantitative dimensions as decibel ratio, meanwhile qualitative dimensions linked to how humans experience and are affected by spaces are not addressed. The interlinkage between several senses are central, here the interaction between ear, eye and movement of the body leading to effect of a person's senses that affects and moves the person. Such extended presence and motion transcendence is per se under-prioritized in planning and design of urban landscapes. This paper discusses the use of drones and filming as an intimate performativity apparatus and its effect on perception, due to motion, gaze and sound interrelations. A smooth movement and sliding gaze penetrating landscapes ('I Am Cuba', 1964), similar to a drone flyover ('Orkanen, Niagara, Studentcentrum och Gäddan på Malmö Högskola', 2015), and appearance of a 'site' through loud sound and a fast mowing camera on a dolly ('Vertigo Rush', 2007) - projects both a site and near sensual experience: a haptic reflection on both outer experiences and inner sensations that - in its audio-visual and time space-based presentation - is close to a human experience. This embedded transcendence seems relevant in development of sensory dimensions in design and planning of quit areas.