MOMA Sound Art Museum

MOMA installed a 1961 sound art work by Yoko Ono in its atrium.  It consisted of a live standing microphone and some extremely loud amplifiers. Anyone passing through the atrium was invited to stand in front of the mike and follow the instructions in the title: that is, scream. The piece stayed in place for months, Read more →

What is sound?

Sound is basically multiple layers of vibrations that travel through the air or another medium that can be heard when they reach us. In the world, sounds are anything that can produce or can be used to produce noise. In the world of arts, fine art, sounds is understood as more than just noise, it’s music. There’s popular Read more →

What is sound?

I suppose upon reading Neuhaus’ article, sound itself is movement of waves in the air which becomes audible to an individual. Sound when composed in a lyrical sense would be contextualised as “music”, which with the workings of time signatures and proper rhythmic structure and symmetry bar structures would also be known as “a different way to tell Read more →

1. What is sound?

From the article, sound is an aural component in almost all activities in the world. It is created through the vibrations, and can be arranged to become jn music. It is prominent in all activities, with some of the most popular form of arranged sound includes music, kinetic sculptures, sound effects, instruments, etc.

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Seminar Questions

Sound, as it is created, propagates amongst the hard Newtonian billiard balls of matter.

There are several layers of representations that be can classified as a sound.

Firstly, a recorded sound is one that was intentionally recorded. Secondly, are the additional sounds as a result of the environment and finally the sound of a recording apparatus itself.

Seminar Questions

What is Sound?

Sound is an aural component, where vibrations travel through the air or another medium that can be heard when it reaches a person’s or animal’s ear. Due to a surge in exhibitions at visual arts Read more →

The Singing Ringing Tree – Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B0hGyKV9qs

The Singing Ringing Tree is an architectural project under the Panopticon project by Mid Pennine Arts. Constructed with galvanised stainless steel pipes, the Singing Ringing Tree is a sculpture that overlooks Burnley in England, and creates sounds using natural winds that blow across the sculpture. Through clever variations Read more →

Sound, by a very physical definition, refers to vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person’s or animal’s ear. In art, sound commonly refers to music. In a musical point of view, music can be composed of organized sounds and silence, as proposed by Edgard Varese and John Read more →

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Seminar Questions

What is sound?

Sound vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person’s or animal’s ear. Each sound, as it is created, propagates amongst the hard Newtonian billiard balls of matter, adding to an internal din from which the cosmic maker, at the end of the creation, can discern every act, Read more →