11.20 Class Notes

Sound as a Process

as we encounter different media (scanner, printer, camera, video, sound, etc), what is the specificity of it as a material?

how does the medium shape the work (of art)?

how does it lend itself to a creative approach?

sound?

software such as Arduino

what is sound?
-sound is global vs. images are local
-sound as an art
-makes us pay attention to ourselves and the world around us
-sound is personal

sound connects us to the space we are in

a church bell as an artwork

John Cage 4′33′′->staying silent instead of playing the music
(~Marcel Duchamp's Fountain or Rene Magritte's This is not a pipe)

Susan Philipsz

is it art itself that's interesting? or is it our presence the artwork requires?

"Audacity" software

Opsound.org

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Space to Share Information->online tutorials/courses/media lab

Website where you can trim YouTube videos-> www.splicd.com