WEEK 5
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WEEK 4
After reading this article I thought long and hard about what exactly is noise. And where are the boundaries of music or art? For some people, a sound that is not pleasant to listen to is considered noise, or a sound that exceeds normal sound levels is considered noise. But some of these so-called noises can become pleasant when they are rationalised.
For music or art, it seems to me to be a relatively free dimension, some people say that music has to be melodic or played with instruments. But it is not. Music or art is supposed to be another form of expression besides speech, and there is no definition or very specific theory to cover it.
WEEK 3
In fact, the first thing I felt or felt after reading this article about the artist Chris Watson was admiration and a little bit of envy. I admire the artist Chris Watson for his exploration of life, nature and even the planet, for his perseverance in surviving the extreme conditions of the wilderness for the sake of a sound that he wants to record. Not only that, but in the article he mentions that recording with a tape recorder can be seen and used as a musical instrument, and I actually agree with this. In my opinion, the process of recording all kinds of sounds is a process of reinvention and creation, and every time you explore a sound and record it, you are creating a note. I also agree with his view that a sound or audio represents a memory or experience for each of us, and that people will start to mobilise their memories when they hear a particular sound, and then imaginary images will emerge.
I also learned from some of the recommended recording equipment he shared, and although I can’t afford many of them right now, I’ll be adding them to my Wishlist, such as the Schoeps double M-S array, DPA 4060, Sanken COS11 and so on.
WEEK 2
Three Keywords that are Important to my Practice/Aspirations
Explore:
For me, before I practice, I have to explore, explore the sounds of nature; explore the sounds of people; explore the sounds of everyday life and so on. Not only that, constantly exploring keeps me motivated or motivated to create.
Imagination
In the process of creation or production, I will imagine the environment in which the created audio takes place and the effect in the environment after it is played out.
Vitality
I hope I can always be passionate or energetic when practicing, and the process of create sound, audio or music are full of vitality, which can make the audience have their own thinking or imagination after listening.
WEEK 1
Why do I want to study Sound Art?
Before I decided to study for Sound Art. I’ve did a lot of works at graphic design during my whole high school life. Then, after I graduated from my high school, I interned at an advertising studio for months and did some works about graphic design. Moreover, I just realised that the graphic design wasn’t the thing what I wanted to do during this experience. Some times later, I saw the sound artist Ryoji Ikeda’s sound art works, his works inspired me a lot which seems like take me to the gate to a new world, and take me knew about the diversity of art and the extensive of the Sound Art. Not only that, then I saw the book “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” by Haruki Murakami throughly let me realised the magic of the existence of sound in nature in our life. In this book, the author Haruki Murakami shows how wonderful it is that the sound of everything produced around us by describe the silent world. Henceforth I’d love to close my eyes and listen to the sounds around me, and start interested in sound art as well. As far as I can see, it is so interesting to record the sounds around my life and then create them to some new sounds or audios. Just like the impact of visual feast, without the charm of sound, all colourful pictures seem to become a little pale.