Upon completing stage 1 of the masters programme I am venturing out on my own.
I want to observe the relationship between visual and sound by means of experimenting with different aspects of this relationship. After a tutorial with Lamberto I now have three different projects in mind.
The first idea involves a series of photographs taken of a walk through an urban park on my way into town everyday. The photos document the light each day as I walk through the park into uni or to work and mark the passing of time and will hopefully show the passing of the seasons in central Birmingham if I get enough pictures. I am interested in the subtle changes of atmosphere the light creates and wish to experiment with different soundscapes or maybe a sound narrative (due to the static nature of the stills). Lamberto suggested that something to establish the notion of passing time would be beneficial in the piece and I thought it would be important and immediately thought of Bill Violas 'The messenger' and the sounds of going underwater in it used in this piece to induce the notion of sleep between the days of the photos. I originally pictured the end result to be an installation, perhaps interactive, where the audience could control which picture and accompanying sounds to explore, maybe scamble up the sounds to perceive the, if any, difference sound makes on the atmosphere of the picture once it has already been established. At the moment I feel this is the least strongest of my ideas and feel it needs another level.
The second idea splits into two:- a performance and a fixed media piece.
The fixed media piece will involve presenting a number of film sound/music conventions and film grammar in order to form a narrative or improve the communication presenting a narrative. I am in the process of seeking out these conventions by watching a few films.
The performance will involve a dancer sculpting the sound by means of movement in a space, I am gona experiment with enclosing a space with some screens Lamberto has in his office, and use some sensors or something similar to capture the movement. I immediately thought of infra red sensors in films such as oceans eleven as a form of security for precious objects. I wish to observe the reaction of the dancer to the visuals or sound or both or in terms of sound to visual or the other way around. As the dancer would control an element of the sound or the visual there would be a feedback loop where the dancer would be reacting to what she/he controls and is controlling, and controls the sound/visual whilst reacting to it, would there be no end? I think it would be interesting to suggest a sculpting of space that controls sculpting the sound and project visual. I feel that this project needs a theme or a concept in order to progress. Lamberto suggested a text to follow, I am going to look at other works similar to get some inspiration.
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