My initial interest in sound art is with experimental music and gallery installations. Learning to challenge and push the limits of music and even what music is using different techniques and technologies appeals to me now coming from a more classical background. Considering the use and acoustics of a space to present sound along with how the listener will react to and interact with the space interests me as well. I also see that sound art can be a tool to enhance other media in many ways e.g. atmospherically or aiding in the storytelling or immersing the audience etc.
If I were to try and define sound art currently: To present live, recorded, or artificial sounds and noise through a set medium or period. It feels very hard to pin down without being vague but perhaps it is what it is because of that, just like music or art. Sound is also always occurring whether we are conscious of it or not so the act of listening is maybe what takes sounds to art. I think it is inherently more powerful because of this, compared to the visual arts, as a sensory experience is being presented not dissimilar to what surrounds us on a daily basis. Furthermore, is there such a thing as true silence and can sound art exist without humans?