project: explore different spaces and different contexts and understand what sound rules are at play there and what are interesting to you. decide what the rules are then play with the rules - invert the rules, add a rule, switch the rules from one place to another. consider frequency, density, perspective, density, the material frame,... Continue Reading →
bands and socially engaged art practice
some guest presenters jen delos reyes: this artist talks about social practice at the museum and beyond. galleries started to open up to the ideas of social practice and consider the gallery as a public space, and changing how people interact with the space, the art works and with each other. she is interested in... Continue Reading →
social conventions and sound rules
the hunk: played at different times, different tones/timbers and has a function - to alert to be noticed. frequency plays a role depending on the place/culture. a twice a day event. consider concurrency - what are you listening to, what comes together - several layers of sounds happening simultaneously. they might not be related to... Continue Reading →
the sound of athletes and traffic
the sound of athletes: grunting of tennis, weightlifters dropped weights, splashing of divers etc. - athletes and their environment create sound. all sports have rules - length of game, number of players, type of space - they can therefore be considered musical because they are organised, linear in time, and they use and create sound.... Continue Reading →
social practices: demonstrations and fan culture
(sound) demonstrations: how sound operates and transmits meaning in demonstrations and has agency for social change. check out 'air horn orchestra' where people gather in front of governmental buildings/people and play airhorns together for several hours. also consider silent marches - the first being in 1917 where people of colour demonstrated against their treatment by... Continue Reading →
duration, streaming and the studio as instrument
duration: this becomes increasingly important especially in relation to art as everyday life. art can be considered limited in its temporal frame yet life is continuous. many artists want to confuse or blur the difference between art and everyday life, often creating pieces that are long and have a challenging duration. 'the dream house' (1979)... Continue Reading →
timber, rhythm and synchronisation
timber: the sound of sound, the given textural quality of a sound - rough, smooth, glassy, sharp etc. take the note C, it sounds different on a keyboard, voice, trumpet etc although its pitch is the same. music artists play with timber all the time, and you will notice this in cover versions of songs... Continue Reading →
silenced voices, improvisation & instruments
silence: can be a political act or have a political dimension. can be used very specifically by visual artists. e.g. Sonny Assu work 'ellipsis' 2012 where 136 records are cast in copper, copper having a ceremonial dimension in west coast indigenous people and references the golden record made to keep recordings for communicating with people... Continue Reading →
archeoacoustics
resonant frequencies and silence: how do formal sound elements exist in a social dimension, how have they been effected by the notion of a global sound. sound existed at the origins of the universe - the big bang. the big bang was completely silent as all particles were moving away from each other at a... Continue Reading →
sound: analytical frameworks
the next part of this module (one) looks at some frameworks to help analyse sound events. frameworks: having frameworks for analysing sounds can open perspectives on what sound is and can be. 5 analytical frameworks: frequency: sound is a time based phenomenon. sound evolves in time, acoustic events can be close together or not and... Continue Reading →
experiments with sound
taking some time to start a course on experimental sound making. looking forward to exploring what has gone before and how it might impact my film-making. some notes: a list of the big hitters in sound art: John Cage: Empty Words Alvin Lucier: I am Sitting In A Room Joe Carter: Harbour Symphony Brain Eno:... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 