Why salt?
I started thinking about salt last semester through vapours and sublimation.
What does salt mean to me? When I think of salt I think of purity. Cleanliness. Cold. Humid and dry. Rituals of purification and protection. Preservative? Repellant. Sterility. Permanence.
Dried out. Lifeless.
Motivation, goals, unexplainable needs? (to the self?) – ibex goats climbing nearly vertical doms to lick salt?
Anorganic matter regulating the fluids of the body. Humours. Osmosis. Gradients. +. -. Balance. Movement. Flow. Inside. Outside. Membrane. Semi-permeable.
What does it mean sonically?
I am thinking in installation terms.
First idea that came to mind is boiling salt water until the water is evaporated.
In a performance context, by using measured quantities, this might act as a metronome. Maybe having multiple alcohol lamps set?
The chemistry setup hints at cleanliness, but I feel it also fits with the ritualistic theme.
The sound is not as satisfying as expected.
Next:
-try different vessels?
-try different different microphones? (the microphone used for this was Sennheiser MKH 416)
-think of other gestures.
-other materials to consider: * naphtalene? can sublimating it make a sound?
I wonder if this is more suitable for an audio visual work? short, simple visual observations with sound?