As part of my Introduction to Sound Arts unit, I went on a soundwalk around the Elephant and Castle area. A soundwalk is a specific exercise where you walk around a specific area paying attention to the sounds of your surroundings, its important (obviously) to complete a soundwalk in silence. A soundwalk can also be completed…

I paid a visit to Linked in Leytonstone. Linked is a work by London based artist Graeme Miller. In 1999 the M11 link road was built, in order to build this road 400 homes had to be demolished, and Graeme’s happened to be one of them. Linked is a series of radio transmitters fitted to…

On the 20th of October I visited Trinity Buoy Wharf, the base for Jem Finer’s ‘Longplayer’. Longplayer is a composition by Jem Finer that will last 1000 years, it began on December 31st 1999 and will end 1000 year on in 2999.  Longplayer is played on Tibetan singing bowls and uses a series of rules to ensure the piece keeps playing and never repeats. The…

During a session of Introduction to Sound Arts we looked at some notable 20th century art movements and their relation to sound arts. I was quite familiar with Futurism and Modernism; however, Dadaism is something I have a very vague understanding of. In order to familiarise myself with Dadaism, I have given myself 3 questions…

As a response to a discussion in class, I was asked to choose 3 key words that relate to my ambitions and current practice within sound arts. These are the words that I feel resonate the best.  Experimentation:  As someone who comes from a more musical background, I feel it is important for me to make a conscious effort to experiment with my…

My initial interest in sound arts developed from my interest in ambient music. The more I made and listened to ambient music, the more I began to appreciate the texture of the sounds and more atonal music. This then led me to discover ‘noise’ music. The more I researched this kind of music, I realised…