"KĘPA WIELORYBA" AND WHERE TO LOOK FOR A WILD RIVER?

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The next stage of collecting underwater recordings for the still untitled project about Warsaw's Vistula river.

I got off the bus at Wał Miedzeszyński, near the Rzymska stop. After a short climb, I found myself on the wild and vast bank of the Vistula River. I was overwhelmed by the empty space. Everywhere I looked there was grass, tussocks and trees. A thin, well-trodden path led me deep into this strange, by Warsaw standards, land. I reached the water surface only after about five minutes of walking and three minutes of careful descent down the steep riverbed.

Generally, lots of bushes, mud, sand and birds. If it weren't the muffled noise of the traffic coming from the oposite bank, I would consider this place to be perfect for recording. I installed myself on a rocky promontory and threw two Aquarian hydrophones between the stones. Turned on Zoom F3. The audiosphere was complemented by the vibrations of a half-submerged branch and intersecting currents.

After the session ended, I repeated the procedure twice - five and ten meters away. I didn't bother listening. I passed the time by shaking dried mud off my shoes and listening to old cassette tapes. I also experienced a third kind close encounter with a beaver swimming close to the shore. In the distance I noticed a lone angler who quickly gave up fishing. Apart from that, place was completely deserted.