In Laurie Anderson's recording "Ouija Board" I found it interesting how she was able to develop an environment and story accompanying the sounds. Her voice and tone as well rhythm gave an eerie feeling throughout the whole piece, and it kept my attention.
Robert Roschenberg was one of the sound artist in the lecture today. His piece was called Open Score and involved wiring two tennis rackets for sound and then playing a game.
In Laurie Anderson's recording "Ouija Board" I found it interesting how she was able to develop an environment and story accompanying the sounds. The story taking place in her apartment while playing with a Ouija Board. Her voice and tone as well rhythm gave an eerie feeling throughout the whole piece, and it kept my attention.
Laurie Anderson was a woman who made sound art by recording with magnetic tape for strings. Her stories were both spoken and sung with elaborate visual design. The sound art she composes creates a sense of place and the way in which she speaks creates the mood intended for the specific piece. The Ouija Board is a combination of narration and sound to paint a vivid picture into the mind of the listener. When she describes an object you not only can hear its presence but visually understand what she is describing. Della Paul (Sec 9)
Laurie Anderson's Ouija board piece was not only the longest of the recordings we listened to, but the most haunting as well. Anderson explains a journey from discovering the hawaiian drum band living below her, to her contrast of being a city girl in California. The clip ends with a sort of dialogue between Laurie and the Ouija board. Overall, Laurie's voice and her use of a wide range of tones and lots of emphasis in unordinary places yields a dark, resonant recording, which complements the story of the Ouija board well.
Laurie Anderson's piece "Ouiji Board," expressed the story of the narrator finding a new quiet apartment, but instead found herself to be under a group that would drum often at night. It went further with her asking the Ouiji Board questions, whose answers were given in quite an unexpected voice. Through the use of layers - the narrator's voice, the ouiji boards voice, the banging, and if I remember correctly birds chirping at the very beginning, I felt as if I were in an empty apartment longing this silence. There was a significant presence or creation of space, depth and loss, which was emphasized by the ending which wasn't resolute, in sound or content.
Out of all the artist we learned about Janet Cardiff stood out to me the most. Her sound projects were creative and interactive. The interactive part really stuck out to me, it puts the viewer in the art not staring in front of it. Her sound walk in Central Park titled Her Long Black Hair, is a series of sounds and dialog. She speaks as if she is whispering, very soft and warm. It is a narration of your walk, as you walk the designed path through the park. However she doesn't express the simple things that you might be seeing, but outlandish and creative stories take over her recording. She tells you to stop and look behind you at one point, which I thought was very powerful. Pictures are also given as you are listening to the recording you are told to stop in certain places in the park and are told the creative story of the picture take from the past. There are also, faint sounds of what seemed to be feet walking, leaves swaying, wind blowing, cars honking and unrecognizable sounds.Very well done. ALLISON BELL
At the end of the lecture, professor showed two different sample about the first assignment of TMP. Be honest, I do not understand the first one because there are too much talking which will not make me focus to listen. However, the second one that is created by an artist whose last name is Ximm. She or he used the abstract way to make listeners to reflect a scene of thunder scene. At the beginning of the piece, artist recorded insects sound and then follow with the thunder, ocean and wind's sound and back to insects sound to end. These voices are come from nature that is powerful to listen.
Luigi Russolo's (1885-1947) painting, 'Music' 1911, really appealed to me. I appreciate this work because it create sound without truly making any noise. The artist successfully created a noisy painting by complexly overlapping similar shapes and colors to create the illusion that the object in the painting is moving, or creating music. It is odd to me that Russolo titled the piece 'Music' because to me, the object in the painting appeared to be a moving train. Then again, Luigi Russolo's creative mind could've seen the train's noises as music.
Titling the piece "Music" creates a connection between the painting and sound. That seems to be an intentional aspect of the art work. He is embracing the noise of a train AS MUSIC not just as noise.
Luigi Russolo was an artist that was part of the Italian Futurist Movement who focused on expressing his ideas of the modern world through sound. He held noise concerts through 1913-1914, which were presentations of non-verbal layers of sounds created by his noise machines. An excerpt of one of these concerts was presented in lecture and it sounded very busy, loud, and mechanical.
The piece that spoke to me most in todays lecture was Robert Rauschenberg's piece Open Score. In Open Score, Robert re-strung tennis rackets with special strings that were connected to speakers and lights. When a tennis game was played it triggered these things resulting in a light and sound performance. It was done in 1960's making it one of the first performance/sounds piece like this of its time.
One of the most striking pieces was 'Her Long Black Hair' by Janet Candiff. Candiff makes her participants listen to recordings made by her voice accompanied with outdoor noises they hear. She also provides the viewers with photographs to look at as well as the sights that they come across on their walk through Central Park. She uses a creative combination of noise and sound to transport her participants to an unreal place between the past and their present reality.
Laurie Anderson incorporates both spoken word and music in her piece, using rhythmic devices and tonal ambiance to drive her stories. The piece played in class, details her first experience with her house in California. Downstairs, the beat of the Hawaiian drums can be heard playing and beneath that the song of her altered magnetic-tape violin bow. Interspersed with jokes indicated accompanied by syncopation in rhythm, the resulting composition is both funny and spooky.
Janet Cardiff is a Canadian installation artist who creates audio that involves participation by the viewer. She is most famous for her sound walks that she created in 2004 called "Her Long Black Hair." This piece required the listeners to walk through Central Park with the audio, a map of Central Park, and a bundle of images. As Janet Cardiff talked in a very rhythmic tone that was slow and clear, the listener was made apparent of all the sounds they were hearing. Some of these sounds included the bustling city that was New York City at the time, as well as sounds that were more jarring such as men shooting the stray goats in the city. Through these sounds of the city and Janet Cardiff's voice the listener, including myself, were transformed into a new space through the audio.
In Laurie Anderson's recording "Ouija Board" I found it interesting how she was able to develop an environment and story accompanying the sounds. Her voice and tone as well rhythm gave an eerie feeling throughout the whole piece, and it kept my attention.
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Robert Roschenberg was one of the sound artist in the lecture today. His piece was called Open Score and involved wiring two tennis rackets for sound and then playing a game.
ReplyDeleteHow does that change the game? How does it make a comment on musical scoring?
DeleteTry to include your own thoughts about the piece as well.
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DeleteIn Laurie Anderson's recording "Ouija Board" I found it interesting how she was able to develop an environment and story accompanying the sounds. The story taking place in her apartment while playing with a Ouija Board. Her voice and tone as well rhythm gave an eerie feeling throughout the whole piece, and it kept my attention.
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DeleteLaurie Anderson was a woman who made sound art by recording with magnetic tape for strings. Her stories were both spoken and sung with elaborate visual design. The sound art she composes creates a sense of place and the way in which she speaks creates the mood intended for the specific piece. The Ouija Board is a combination of narration and sound to paint a vivid picture into the mind of the listener. When she describes an object you not only can hear its presence but visually understand what she is describing.
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OK. Good description.
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DeleteLaurie Anderson's Ouija board piece was not only the longest of the recordings we listened to, but the most haunting as well. Anderson explains a journey from discovering the hawaiian drum band living below her, to her contrast of being a city girl in California. The clip ends with a sort of dialogue between Laurie and the Ouija board. Overall, Laurie's voice and her use of a wide range of tones and lots of emphasis in unordinary places yields a dark, resonant recording, which complements the story of the Ouija board well.
ReplyDeleteGood description, well written. 3/3
DeleteLaurie Anderson's piece "Ouiji Board," expressed the story of the narrator finding a new quiet apartment, but instead found herself to be under a group that would drum often at night. It went further with her asking the Ouiji Board questions, whose answers were given in quite an unexpected voice. Through the use of layers - the narrator's voice, the ouiji boards voice, the banging, and if I remember correctly birds chirping at the very beginning, I felt as if I were in an empty apartment longing this silence. There was a significant presence or creation of space, depth and loss, which was emphasized by the ending which wasn't resolute, in sound or content.
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Good details. You really listened! 3/3
DeleteOut of all the artist we learned about Janet Cardiff stood out to me the most. Her sound projects were creative and interactive. The interactive part really stuck out to me, it puts the viewer in the art not staring in front of it. Her sound walk in Central Park titled Her Long Black Hair, is a series of sounds and dialog. She speaks as if she is whispering, very soft and warm. It is a narration of your walk, as you walk the designed path through the park. However she doesn't express the simple things that you might be seeing, but outlandish and creative stories take over her recording. She tells you to stop and look behind you at one point, which I thought was very powerful. Pictures are also given as you are listening to the recording you are told to stop in certain places in the park and are told the creative story of the picture take from the past. There are also, faint sounds of what seemed to be feet walking, leaves swaying, wind blowing, cars honking and unrecognizable sounds.Very well done.
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Your response shows that you were listening and learning about the piece. Try to write without grammatical mistakes and awkward sentences. 3/3
DeleteAt the end of the lecture, professor showed two different sample about the first assignment of TMP. Be honest, I do not understand the first one because there are too much talking which will not make me focus to listen. However, the second one that is created by an artist whose last name is Ximm. She or he used the abstract way to make listeners to reflect a scene of thunder scene. At the beginning of the piece, artist recorded insects sound and then follow with the thunder, ocean and wind's sound and back to insects sound to end. These voices are come from nature that is powerful to listen.
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Your response shows that you were listening. Please try to improve your written English to make your answers more clear.2/3
DeleteLuigi Russolo's (1885-1947) painting, 'Music' 1911, really appealed to me. I appreciate this work because it create sound without truly making any noise. The artist successfully created a noisy painting by complexly overlapping similar shapes and colors to create the illusion that the object in the painting is moving, or creating music. It is odd to me that Russolo titled the piece 'Music' because to me, the object in the painting appeared to be a moving train. Then again, Luigi Russolo's creative mind could've seen the train's noises as music.
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Titling the piece "Music" creates a connection between the painting and sound. That seems to be an intentional aspect of the art work. He is embracing the noise of a train AS MUSIC not just as noise.
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Luigi Russolo was an artist that was part of the Italian Futurist Movement who focused on expressing his ideas of the modern world through sound. He held noise concerts through 1913-1914, which were presentations of non-verbal layers of sounds created by his noise machines. An excerpt of one of these concerts was presented in lecture and it sounded very busy, loud, and mechanical.
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Good description. 3/3
DeleteThe piece that spoke to me most in todays lecture was Robert Rauschenberg's piece Open Score. In Open Score, Robert re-strung tennis rackets with special strings that were connected to speakers and lights. When a tennis game was played it triggered these things resulting in a light and sound performance. It was done in 1960's making it one of the first performance/sounds piece like this of its time.
ReplyDeleteGood description! 3/3
DeleteOne of the most striking pieces was 'Her Long Black Hair' by Janet Candiff. Candiff makes her participants listen to recordings made by her voice accompanied with outdoor noises they hear. She also provides the viewers with photographs to look at as well as the sights that they come across on their walk through Central Park. She uses a creative combination of noise and sound to transport her participants to an unreal place between the past and their present reality.
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Janet Cardiff.
DeleteYour description of the piece is a bit confusing. It's not clear that this is a "sound walk."
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Laurie Anderson incorporates both spoken word and music in her piece, using rhythmic devices and tonal ambiance to drive her stories. The piece played in class, details her first experience with her house in California. Downstairs, the beat of the Hawaiian drums can be heard playing and beneath that the song of her altered magnetic-tape violin bow. Interspersed with jokes indicated accompanied by syncopation in rhythm, the resulting composition is both funny and spooky.
ReplyDeleteOK description. The layers are so important in this piece.
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We have 3 Sams in this class. Which one are you?
DeleteJanet Cardiff is a Canadian installation artist who creates audio that involves participation by the viewer. She is most famous for her sound walks that she created in 2004 called "Her Long Black Hair." This piece required the listeners to walk through Central Park with the audio, a map of Central Park, and a bundle of images. As Janet Cardiff talked in a very rhythmic tone that was slow and clear, the listener was made apparent of all the sounds they were hearing. Some of these sounds included the bustling city that was New York City at the time, as well as sounds that were more jarring such as men shooting the stray goats in the city. Through these sounds of the city and Janet Cardiff's voice the listener, including myself, were transformed into a new space through the audio.
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Good description! 3/3
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