Sunday, July 24, 2011

Project 5: Method & Sound

After we collaborated all our noises together we removed all the ones that were not valuable or irrelevant for what we wanted for our sound, things such as people talking or vehicles moving etc. as they were not part of the disturbing sounds we wanted. We decided as a group that because it would be hard for us to work on the same piece we each took the noises and made our own versions, this would include a build up of sound as to help represent and exemplify how artificial and annoying these sounds can have when taken out of context. we made sure that they all were around the 2 minute mark and had them layered on top of each other. This gave it a more unique feeling because it had each of our own interpretation of what is irritating. I thought this would work quite well because from past experiences, having sounds overlapped on top of each other become more irritable as they compile, like how when more and more colours are mixed together they get closer to black.

The graphic score


Area where I recorded my graphic score

Something that we could of improved on was preparing for what we were using to present our audio with. The speakers was able to completely change our audio from what we thought it sounded in the headphones. If we planned for this then we could have adjusted the sound so it worked the way we wanted it to with the speakers.

The sound can be heard here

Journal notes:

- The track called 4:33 i thought was hollow, I understand what John Cage was trying to do but do not think it was not something he created himself. I see it as more of the audience that is making the music rather than him. What he did, anyone could do. Its just he had enough fame to do it. I see the work itself as interesting as going to an art exhibition full of blank walls. Now if I was to see the audiences reaction then I would be interested.

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