During a residency module (2nd-6th of November, 2015) at Fondazione Pistoletto – Cittadellarte in Biella (IT), called Creating Territorialities (part of Unidee – Territoriality, Identity, Place and Possession; mentors G. Checola and T. Gliardi) I proposed a way to record the tactile sensation perceived by feet while walking.
The idea is to use contact mics attached to the shoe soles in order to record the vibration phenomena happening in the soles themselves. A great deal of low frequencies are present in the recording, which actually represent the most tactile portion of the spectrum.
The following video contains a test-walk recorded in Cittadellarte on November 5th, 2015. You should use good headphones if you want to catch the tiniest sonic details (for example, the metal resonances of the staircase). Gear used: 2x AKG C411, Zoom Handy Recorder, GoPro 3+ (thanks Lorenza Ippolito). Ah, you can watch it in full HD, 50fps.