After our first meeting we decided that using the Miro board would be a good first step. We were all familiar with the platform from previous units. We thought creating individual moodboards would be a easier way to communicate our ideas. My part of the moodboard was not particularly rich. It was a bit difficult… Continue reading Moodboard
Author: Maria Grigoriu
First Experiments
Ideas?
Where to Start?
It’s not very usual to see sound pieces in galleries. At least not in my experience. https://www.tobiasbradford.com/the-beauty
Extending Musical Form Outwards in Space and Time: Compositional strategies in sound art and audiovisual installations
there are at least as many forms as there are visitors experiencing the work. ‘space [becomes] a pulsating encounter, created through movement of sounds,modified by movement of the person experiencing the space – movement … as space-shaping temporal process; space as time-space’ (Kern 1984). as noted by Gaston Bachelard, specific architectural features such as corners,… Continue reading Extending Musical Form Outwards in Space and Time: Compositional strategies in sound art and audiovisual installations
Final Script
Things cleared up. Somehow. I ended up with a much simpler script than I started. Which I am happy about. I gave up on a lot of ideas and points I wanted to make and stuck to the initial topic: language and meaning, English as a second language, bilingualism and identity. I decided to stick… Continue reading Final Script
Too Much?
I have been struggling with writing a script. I am struggling to find the right mix between academic and idiosyncratic. I remember in the first class Mark asked us to think what kind of editors we are. And try to start from there. I like divergence. I like sharp unmediated cuts. I like meaning to… Continue reading Too Much?
Mélia Roger
Last Visit Practitioner Lecture of the semester. I will be mentioning two of the pieces presented that strongly correlate to the subject of my current research. From French Through Spanish ‘Using a language translator application, I pronounce a phrase in French and listen to the corresponding word in Spanish. Then, I repeat the same sentence… Continue reading Mélia Roger
The Egg Or the Chicken?
I have been struggling to find interviews with artists exploring the idea of language. Maybe because I’m searching for them in English? The only artist coming close to the perspective I am trying to take is writer Yoko Tawada, whom I have spoken about in a previous post. I was hoping for some sound artists… Continue reading The Egg Or the Chicken?
Script?
Some people have a lot of resonance and vibration in their head – the nose, sinuses and bones of the face. This is not a bad thing in itself, for it gives the tone a kind of brilliance, but it is bad if it overbalances the chest notes, because it gets a metallic quality –… Continue reading Script?