In the concept development stage of the process Daniel and I were inspired by a number of different instruments. First of all even before this module started we watched a screening of a film chronicling all of Pauline Oliveros’ many projects throughout her life. What surprised me was near the end of her life she… Continue reading Context and inspirations
Initial idea and steps
Daniel and I first got together as we were both interested in taking the accessible instrument pathway (the only ones in the class). I think we were both drawn to the idea of creating a physical object, something tactile for an assignment as we hadn’t done this before in the more abstract and intangible leaning… Continue reading Initial idea and steps
Shenece Oretha
I found this lecture fascinating as even though it was held through zoom it felt so intimate and cozy. She started by questioning what motivates this group to be together leading some exercises where we were told to focus on our breathing for 3 mins think about your journey to arriving here? Then what is… Continue reading Shenece Oretha
walkman effect
Shuhei Hosokawa’s 1981 essay The Walkman Effect We read the article as a class and enquired how we live and interact in a sonic world; about our agency in its auditory design; and how our subjectivity is entrained and formed through listening and sound making. I found the part where eighteen to twenty two year olds were… Continue reading walkman effect
sounding histories podcast
For this weeks lecture we prepared a presentation on an episode of Sounding History podcast. Episode 6 – Sound Sculpting in East Asia and the American South. Briefly it was about how sound travels and Global Jazz as a genre – the growing networks around the globe (people and labour) Film: Wild Wild Rose (1960)… Continue reading sounding histories podcast
Felix Taylor
I particularly enjoyed this weeks guest lecture, I think because his work was quite accessible compared to other sound art which can get quite esoteric (not a bad thing). One theme that I saw thread through all his work was that of memory. He started by talking about as he studied a sound engineering course… Continue reading Felix Taylor
Zhuo Mengting
I particularly appreciated this lecturer where Zhuo explained the quite abstract and theoretical thought behind her very interesting performance practice. She started by questioning what happens when there is discordance between sonic and visual cues. By hiding what is making the sound she provokes the audience and creates a metaphorical boundary. What if there is… Continue reading Zhuo Mengting
Process
I started with Westerkamp’s Kits Beach Soundwalk as inspiration as I knew I wanted to criticise the dismissal of the city and noise in acoustic ecology thinking. It is almost an audio paper/podcast in itself. Researching around soundscape composition, soundwalking, Westerkamp’s own writings, and criticisms of it I formed a brief essay. I then went… Continue reading Process
Mark Fell, Attack on Silence
Mark Fell (b.1966) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Rotherham. He studied film and video art at Sheffield Polytechnic and is part of the glitch dj duo snd. Attack on Silence (2007) is an audiovisual performance and installation work using video projection and multichannel sound. Merging his practices in experimental electronic music, computer science, philosophy… Continue reading Mark Fell, Attack on Silence
reflection
There are many ways in which I would have liked to compose this piece differently, being able to stick to my original idea or just have more time to create a more polished version. However what I want to focus on here is critiques of the actual outcome I ended up with. I don’t think… Continue reading reflection