So after the Earth hour ended...I somewhat thought about what I experienced during the 1 hour of darkness.
In a way, darkness or blindness in this case because there could be no light makes a person more aware of their senses (aside from sight) in order to protect and know what type of environment one is in. For that one hour, I too had to make sure I know where I was walking in my house though it is so called "safe", I unfortunately fell in the dark...
Though, the fall wasn't critical where it caused an injury it was still a bad experience haha. Anyways, besides the fall...
The darkness caused my hearing to be more effective. I heard my fridge, the humming noise which I usually don't hear, the loud music from my neighbour (I live in a town house), the small little unnecessary noises I usually don't hear would appear. I also have a cat, it reminds me how well a cat can move around in the dark. Probably it's not only that they can see in the dark but feel because their fur, whiskers, and paws are able to sense movement on floor or in the air.
To reflect this upon what phase 3 is about...
The sound I should choose could be similar to what I just heard during the very hour of darkness I experienced. The fact that everything we hear in the world is blinded by our busyness and carelessness. It is the little things that we miss and tend to let it slide by as if that noise/sound did not belong in our 'reality'
Yup...just a thought/idea that came up during Earth Hour. Also big thanks to Nadine for sending out the email about Earth hour being tonight or else I would've forgot haha.
Till next time...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Reflection
After actually processing in my head what Nadine talked about during the lab this week, it gave me an idea. She said things related to phase 3:
Reality is not what it seems because what we hear is different from what we record or capture through the use of different types of mic creating a quality difference. Similar to a photograph it isn't reality but maybe more of an illusion of the ideal environment or sound that is seen/heard through the piece made.
Right at the moment, it made me think about what sound(s) could be captured/recorded that sounds like it's constructed. I took my cell phone during the lab and I captured the sound of me rolling with my chair around while Nadine was talking, I wanted to explore the quality, details and overall sound of the captured piece. After class, I listened to the piece and in fact the sound of the chair is definitely different from what I expected or what I heard from my human ear. It did somewhat sound constructed...
Through other explorations, I went outside that very day after the lab as well. I stood by the porch area before the fountain, closed my eyes and listen carefully to what was around me. Air, wind, birds, people, physical movements, the polluting bus(es) passing around the bus loop every minute or so.
Also, remembering correctly I learn this one thing about sound in physics. Where if one was to stand but not facing the street and having a car/bus pass by the sound is different when you run with or facing the vehicles. I'll probably explore more about this technique or idea...which might work to capture a natural scene but after transferring through the electrical process in order to depict the sound it will eventually make another world of what "reality" is...
More shall becoming soon...I wonder though what ideas or sound I will hear will spark up. Exploration is a must and analyzing the piece will take time to perceive and understand whether it is worth encountering in phase 3.
Reality is not what it seems because what we hear is different from what we record or capture through the use of different types of mic creating a quality difference. Similar to a photograph it isn't reality but maybe more of an illusion of the ideal environment or sound that is seen/heard through the piece made.
Right at the moment, it made me think about what sound(s) could be captured/recorded that sounds like it's constructed. I took my cell phone during the lab and I captured the sound of me rolling with my chair around while Nadine was talking, I wanted to explore the quality, details and overall sound of the captured piece. After class, I listened to the piece and in fact the sound of the chair is definitely different from what I expected or what I heard from my human ear. It did somewhat sound constructed...
Through other explorations, I went outside that very day after the lab as well. I stood by the porch area before the fountain, closed my eyes and listen carefully to what was around me. Air, wind, birds, people, physical movements, the polluting bus(es) passing around the bus loop every minute or so.
Also, remembering correctly I learn this one thing about sound in physics. Where if one was to stand but not facing the street and having a car/bus pass by the sound is different when you run with or facing the vehicles. I'll probably explore more about this technique or idea...which might work to capture a natural scene but after transferring through the electrical process in order to depict the sound it will eventually make another world of what "reality" is...
More shall becoming soon...I wonder though what ideas or sound I will hear will spark up. Exploration is a must and analyzing the piece will take time to perceive and understand whether it is worth encountering in phase 3.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Implications
You might wonder why the title is called Implication...well to be honest, it's just random and yeah...
Though there's a reason why it's called implications.
Basically, Phase 1 --> Phase 2 --> Phase 3.
Or in other words, phase 1 implies phase2 and that implies phase 3 is coming up next.
Anyways, yesterday during lecture I took notes and wrote some of my own thoughts referring to the information I learned/received.
The following are what I typed out during the lecture:
- Can construct something to make it sound real
- Boundaries between something that is constructed and natural
- Francisco LOPEZ recorded the sounds of a Brazilian rainforest:
o The more time you spend listening to the recording, it helps expand the interpretations
o Without visual reference, things become more clearly
- Chris WATSON’s recording:
o Very harsh industrial
o Background noises/sounds
o Did not construct any sound
- There is manipulation going on
- It’s not just recording something but recording in a certain area or place to overlap and create interest and reality
- Jim FASSETT’s recording:
o Sounds very primitive and silly
o The composition is like a melody in a symphony
- Alvin LUCIER’s recording:
o Capturing result of the actual environment but adding in something where it’s created
- Complex sounds even if it’s just seems like a normal tone but it has overtone within the actual sound where it could be similar to a harmony
o These sounds give me a somewhat weird feeling. Like goose bumps because of how frequencies are like and it’s not like any normal sound I would usually hear
o Spending time with the material in order to know what sounds are in it
- Tod DOCKSTADER’s short wave radio receiver recording:
o Often you hear nothing but interferences where other waves are conflicting with each other
o Is it a real environment?
o However it is a documentation of reality where it is man-made
o Electronic voice phenomenon (EVP – 1950’s)
• Electronic engineers hear voices within the interferences of the recordings or radio frequencies
• Thought to be the sound of the dead
• Are these voices really just contextualizations?
• It is something of the imaginary where it helps constructs a certain reality and builds a reality onto it
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More notes and thoughts will be written soon...
Though there's a reason why it's called implications.
Basically, Phase 1 --> Phase 2 --> Phase 3.
Or in other words, phase 1 implies phase2 and that implies phase 3 is coming up next.
Anyways, yesterday during lecture I took notes and wrote some of my own thoughts referring to the information I learned/received.
The following are what I typed out during the lecture:
- Can construct something to make it sound real
- Boundaries between something that is constructed and natural
- Francisco LOPEZ recorded the sounds of a Brazilian rainforest:
o The more time you spend listening to the recording, it helps expand the interpretations
o Without visual reference, things become more clearly
- Chris WATSON’s recording:
o Very harsh industrial
o Background noises/sounds
o Did not construct any sound
- There is manipulation going on
- It’s not just recording something but recording in a certain area or place to overlap and create interest and reality
- Jim FASSETT’s recording:
o Sounds very primitive and silly
o The composition is like a melody in a symphony
- Alvin LUCIER’s recording:
o Capturing result of the actual environment but adding in something where it’s created
- Complex sounds even if it’s just seems like a normal tone but it has overtone within the actual sound where it could be similar to a harmony
o These sounds give me a somewhat weird feeling. Like goose bumps because of how frequencies are like and it’s not like any normal sound I would usually hear
o Spending time with the material in order to know what sounds are in it
- Tod DOCKSTADER’s short wave radio receiver recording:
o Often you hear nothing but interferences where other waves are conflicting with each other
o Is it a real environment?
o However it is a documentation of reality where it is man-made
o Electronic voice phenomenon (EVP – 1950’s)
• Electronic engineers hear voices within the interferences of the recordings or radio frequencies
• Thought to be the sound of the dead
• Are these voices really just contextualizations?
• It is something of the imaginary where it helps constructs a certain reality and builds a reality onto it
---------------------------------------------
More notes and thoughts will be written soon...
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