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Elephant and Castle Sound Walk
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…
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Graeme Miller’s Linked
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…
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A Visit to Longplayer
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…
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Example of Laptop Performance
In preparation for the next Audio Fundamentals session, I was asked to find an example of Laptop Performance or Turntablism. Liam Howlett – The Prodigy The Prodigy are an electronic music group formed in 1990 and emerged from the UK rave scene. The Prodigy consists of Liam Howlett who writes the music and fronted…
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Dadaism
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…
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Listening to The ‘Medium’
As preparation for the next session, I was asked to find examples of songs where the sound of the ‘medium’ has affected the composition. Thorn – My Bloody Valentine Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine is well known for his signature guitar playing technique where he bends the tremolo arm of his guitar while he strums, often bending…
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3 Key Words That Outline My Practice and Aims For This Course
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…
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Initial Interest in Sound Arts
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…