Author: Maria Grigoriu

Egoless and Plant-like

Yoko Ono – “The Word of a Fabricator” – Critique of John Cage’s chance operations, advocates for ‘sounds by intention’ When I think of non-representation, Antonin Artaud immediately comes to mind. A short analysis by Jerzy Grotowsky Towards a Poor theatre follows. Artaud started his quest towards theatricality after his encounter with the Balinese gamelan… Continue reading Egoless and Plant-like

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Mengting Zhuo

I found many of my interests reflected in Mengting Zhuo’s lecture. She categorises sound as a’minority medium’ that can be both heavily coded and sensually powerful. Never fully controllable. Existing within the boundaries of memory and expectation. Zhuo describes her work as composing situations. Simple gestures, repetitions. Emptiness and resonance. there is no stasis is… Continue reading Mengting Zhuo

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Infinite Bellies

Iona is a one-man play written by Romanian playwright Marin Sorescu, in 1968. It is inspired by the Biblical myth of Jonah who is said to have been swallowed by a big fish, where he spends three days. He is the archetype of the prophet. The play imagines Iona’s (Romanian for Jonah) journey during these… Continue reading Infinite Bellies

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Ritual

My interest in ritual comes as a result of my work and thought around materiality, physicality and immediacy. Broadly, what interests me is the virtualisation of objects through symbols and signs to the scope of paradoxically returning them closer to their materiality and enabling them to access the body in a very immediate way. ‘symbols… Continue reading Ritual

Mixing Session 2

Final mixing session. A few more sounds came up. Flipping a book, sonic clues for the interactive objects in the room. Painting Sonic Clue: water dripping recording ran through some echoes and reverb; cavey quality; Music Box Sonic Clue: gear turning sound, recorded with a dpa microphone; Computer Sonic Clue: a combination of a synthesized… Continue reading Mixing Session 2

Final Crits

The project was not in the stage we planned for it to be by this time. The sounds were only roughly placed by Rosa in the project. It was our first time hearing it as well. There was a lot of clipping happening, especially in the painting scene. The feedback we got was: Cinematic, sits… Continue reading Final Crits

Mixing Session 1

We had our first mixing session on Thursday, May 25th. Although we had all intentions to finish on that day, few issues arose. We therefore will be having a second and hopefully last meeting today. Having to work on a single laptop is probably the most challenging part (Rosa’s laptop as it’s the only one… Continue reading Mixing Session 1