Qatar-based sound artist says it's time to slow down and listen

Qatar-based sound artist Guillaume Rousere

In a noisy, chaotic and fast-paced world, the Qatar-based sound artist Guillaume Rousere is on a mission: to get people to slow down and listen again.

Birdsong, insects chirping, the sound of wind brushing through tall grass or over sand dunes -- all these form part of what the 44-year-old Frenchman calls his "sound art". 

"Sound art is a discipline where the principal medium is sound and where the aim is to listen," said Rousere, who lives in the Gulf state that will soon host the World Cup.

For a recent audio project, he set up a microphone at an organic farm in Qatar, where he also recorded man-made sounds such as those of cars, planes and farm machines.