Interactive Art – Sound & Objects

https://makezine.com/2016/01/31/the-interactive-sound-art-of-peter-vogel/

Artist: Peter Vogel

Title: The Sound Of Shadows

In this piece of work, Peter Vogel creates a composition through a curation of sounds reproduced by electronic objects.

In essence, he had selective curate transistors, resistors and diodes to from sounds based from electrons and wave sounds. His abstraction to use everyday underlying objects to produce a sense of rhythm inspired me to work in this manner for my upcoming project. How can we create a sense of musical rhythm and composition purely from a  ‘random’ curation of sounds? In a way, can we subvert our viewers expectations by creating a fun and enjoyable experience through mimicry and replacement of sounds?.

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/wnp9vq/interactive-swings-make-sound-light-art

Artist:Daily tous les jours (collective)

Title of work: Mesa Musical Shadows

The group of artists had recreated swings to produce sound. Interestingly, the use of interaction of the viewer and the artwork itself praises attention. I think the degree of interactivity inspired me to pursue a piece of work more incline with the notion of a musical landscape.

This particular piece of work pushed an idea where we as a viewer could create a sense of rhythm purely by interaction. In this way, I am intending my piece of art for the project to be more in line with elements of music.

Sound Art – Reading Assignment

Seminar Questions

  1. What is sound?

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.

  1. How has it been used in culture and society?

In essence, sound has been used as a monumental component in the history of human civilisation. It is at is very core, a representation of what they are. It is around art.

Furthermore, sound has been directed to the aesthetic purpose – of the arts.

  1. What makes it an art?

Sound art is classified as an art through its unifying experience, for the refinement of distinctions. The medium itself, is not the primary message.

Instead, Sound Art has in fact nothing much to do with either sound or art. What makes it an art involves in the innumerable ideas that can cultivate the medium of sound itself; not only within the confines of music but to create new forms.

  1. How does advancement in audio technology affect our sense?

It has managed to place influence within and amount our notions of sound, memory and communication.

For instance the concept of recording a sound – illustrated through the invention of a phonograph mimics the creation of sound onto a piece of wax and oil. Given’s the three-dimensionality of the vinyl record itself, one can argue that is has created a sense of life from a merely, movement of Newtonian matter.

Furthermore, the various levels of noise become san audible indication of information being sent.

Audio technology allowed the use of surface noise to subliminally create and confirm a reproduction is underway.

Pre-Seminar Task – Examples Of Sound Art & Interesting Finds

Artist: Studio Lernert & Sander x Cos

URL: http://lernertandsander.com/the-sound-of-cos/

This sound installation and performance, titled “The Sound of COS” is a collaboration between Swedish fashion brand COS and conceptual artists-filmmakers Lernet & Sander.

The artists imitate the sounds clothes make. In their studio they crush salt, open umbrellas, slip on oven mitts and stomp about to create the soundtrack for a fashion video.

I find this to be an interesting and unique take for a fashion campaign. Embracing the conceptual elements of sound itself, rather than the clothes is a very artistic and unique approach for a brand campaign. I think this is brave and very intriguing – creating a reverse effect that heightens the marketability of the COS brand.

 

Artist: Christine Sun Kim

URL: http://christinesunkim.com/performance/fingertap-quartet/

Christine Sun Kim is a sound artist who is profoundly deaf. Fingertap Quartet is an aural performance thriugh projecting text on the wall behind her, for the audience to read and experience.

As part of her practice she is persistently questioning what she calls “the ownership of sound” and re-orienting the parameters, social values and sets of rules based around that which is omnipresent and yet invisible to us all.

As a huge fan of her work, I am interested in her performance art related to the concept of sound through a deaf person. It feels as if we are encouraged to view sound in a different manner. The depiction of sound itself is more often than not; linear. We only hear but how can we see it?Hence, I enjoy her scope of work and style as it very provocative and conceptual.