My assigned responsibility is atmospheric sound and sound effects. For the presentation due on Monday, I will be focusing on the main hub (bedroom) and the computer digital room. Things to record: Bedroom: -footsteps? -window -computer fan Computer Room: -static electricity sounds; -explore with soma ether; -synthesized clicks and glitches; Conceptually: -have organic sounds in… Continue reading Plan – First Group Crits
Category: Year Two
First VR Impressions
VR is a novelty to me. It has never piqued my interest. I am not a massive video game player either (as they seem to have commonalities). Ben offered to bring in his headset for us to try. We played a few of his games and talked about our thoughts on them. I was impressed… Continue reading First VR Impressions
Brainstorming
The concept we arrived to is Surrealism. Ben suggested that we use it not only as an aesthetic, but as a concept in itself. Arriving at a concept proved pretty difficult during our first meetings. We all seemed to be in different places and have different expectations of what a VR experience could be. In… Continue reading Brainstorming
Outernet
The work we were asked to see was Augustin Vidal Saavedra: The Summer Palace. It is described as a ‘unique and uplifting experience’. It features a series of Renaissance paintings. The music was of the same aesthetic. This seems to be a theme with large scale immersive galleries. Reiterating established past art periods with added… Continue reading Outernet
Moodboard
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
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