September 11 Digital Archive

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  • Collection: The Sonic Memorial Project

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Brandon Perrault, an elementary music teacher in New Mexico, composed this song as a tribute to the victims of 9/11.

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Sounds of water as Captain Sandy Anderson's boat sails around New York Harbor.

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Captain Sandy Anderson speaks about the problems caused by the current inequality of resource availability across the globe.

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Captain Sandy Anderson describes the anger he felt at the loss of the Twin Towers, a sight he had grown so accustomed to.

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Captain Anderson describes the connection between terrorism and an unequal distribution of wealth.

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Captain Sandy Anderson speaks about how the growth and development of the U.S. cannot go unchecked any longer.

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Captain Sandy Anderson explains how the Twin Towers were never buildings to him, but rather "symbols of the American way."

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Captain Sandy Anderson describes watching as the land around the Twin Towers was first cleared and then developed upon.

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Captain Sandy Anderson speaks from his boat, introducing himself and describing his work.

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Captain Sandy Anderson describes the beautiful view of the Twin Towers from his boat late at night one Christmas Eve.

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The New York phone lines were completely jammed on 9/11. Many will remember the sound of the busy signal when thinking back to that time.

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Steve Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, talks about security measures at the WTC after the 1993 bombing and how, as an artist, he felt a little like an outsider. He also talks about his experience of 9/11--a…

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Steve Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient sound recordings of the building. He describes his studio and how he used it as a testing ground for people's reactions to their environments.

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Steve Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, recalls the ambient sounds he recorded with contact mics attached to the windows of the WTC. His most widely heard sounds were recorded during Hurricane Floyd in 1999.

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Steve Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient sound recordings of the building. He discusses living and working in the WTC space and how it was different from other spaces.

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Steve Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient sound recordings of the building. After 9/11, he had to find appropriate ways of sharing his work while remaining respectful of those who died. Today, the…

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Steve Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, talks about growing up in New York and working on the harbor as a teen. To him, the view of the WTC represented Manhattan. He started making punk rock music, then moved…

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Steve Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient sound recordings of the building. He remembers many different sounds--the elevators, halls, escalators. He wishes he had archived more.

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Stephen Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC, made ambient sound recordings of the building. This clip was recorded in July 2001 in the WTC lobby as Vitiello returned from WFMU.

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Stephen Vitiello, one of the artists in residence in the World Views Program at the WTC, collected the ambient sounds of the building. This one was recorded from the 91st floor of 1 WTC.
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