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Kolding City Archives · 20th anniversary

The Seest Fireworks Disaster

A binaural audio work where historical storytelling becomes an intimate headphone experience shaped through presence, depth and emotional weight.

Format

Binaural stereo

Collaboration

Kolding City Archives

Occasion

20th anniversary of the Seest disaster

Deliverables

WAV master + streaming version

Here sound is not a supplement to images. It is the primary carrier of distance, room and emotional intensity. The hero image is a public domain photograph from Seest after the disaster.

Project frame

Project context

This project was created as a binaural audio piece in collaboration with Kolding City Archives to mark the 20th anniversary of the Seest fireworks disaster. The aim was to build a listening experience where intimacy, space and emotional weight are felt directly through headphones.

Listening view

Listen to the project

This media block is active because the work itself is published as an audio experience.

Binaural web version 6 min 29 sec Best experienced on headphones

The player uses a compressed web version for streaming. The full WAV master is available below as a download.

Download MP3 → Download lossless FLAC master (58 MB) →

Process

Spatial storytelling without images

When sound carries the experience without visuals, perspective, dynamics and detail become critical. The binaural presentation had to work as a focused headphone experience while also being robust enough for straightforward web playback.

I built the piece as a binaural master with close attention to spatial placement, movement and the listener’s perceived position inside the sound field. The page includes both a web-friendly MP3 stream and the full-resolution master for download.

Technical layer

Specs and delivery

Master

Binaural stereo

Built as a headphone-led experience where room and placement are part of the storytelling itself.

Distribution

Streaming + lossless master

The page offers both a web-friendly stream and a full master for more critical listening.

Outcome

Historical storytelling through sound

An immersive format that links documentary weight with an intimate listening position.

Tip: The binaural version works best on headphones, where depth and placement translate most clearly.

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