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Steve Reich – Different Trains
Steve Reich had been traveling between New York and Los Angeles during World War II, and years later he moved to Europe, considering about his race as a Jew. Therefore he wrote Different Trains for string quartet and tape, which has three movements that describes the sounds from train in different period : Before the…
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Jem Finer’s Longplayer Review
Longplayer by Jem Finer, who is an english artist, is the 1000-year-long composition playing in main place the Lighthouse in Trinity Buoy Wharf and around the world, including on online. This has been playing on computer with six simple algorithms which make alteration of sounds, expecting change the system with future developed techniques. Longplayer was…
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How to reference
Going through the experience of this crucible exposes the subject to impossible dangers: relinquishing his identity in rhythm, dissolving the buffer of reality in a mobile discontinuity, leaving the shelter of the family, the state, or religion, the commotion the practice creates spares nothing: it destroys all constancy to produce another and then destroys that…
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Who / What is Fluxus
In 1957, Fluxus was started by artists who had learned by John Cage at New School for The Social Research and who had watched the performances of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Especially the artists who had studied under John Cage in The States was influenced a lot, such as George Brecht, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow,…
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How Serialism affected on Modernity
In the early and mid-19th century in Europe, there were numerous wars caused by social anxiety following the industrial revolution. Eventually, in 1830, the French Revolution occurred, stirring various emotions in people, such as resistance, sadness, societal crises, and personal shock. This event marked the emergence of Romanticism. Various musical trends emerged during the Romantic…
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Recording Task “Day 4”
Day 4 – “Tube” Transportation helps us reach our desired destinations quickly, and it has become a significant part of our lives nowadays. I use it almost every day to meet friends or attend university, which means it holds great importance for me. This time, I managed the microphone’s volume effectively, allowing me to capture…
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Recording Task “Day 3”
Day 3 – “Way to Tube” We live among people and constantly hear various sounds. Sounds produced by people are always near, but we often don’t consider them important. However, we too are people and create sounds similar to theirs, so we can perceive the sounds made by people as our own. The sounds were…
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Recording Task “Day 2”
Day 2 – “River” A house has been one of the most important things since humans appeared. So, I recorded the sounds I can hear in my house, such as the river. The river’s chirping sound was captured nicely, but I needed to control the microphone’s volume, so sometimes when I touched the recorder, a…
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Recording Task “Day 1”
I have been assigned the task of recording important sounds from small sites that are significant to me. Therefore, I will be posting the 30-second audio recordings that I make, along with reflective writing about each recording over the course of 7 days.” Day 1 – “Boiling Pot“ I recorded the boiling pot while cooking…
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What is important for Sound Artists
To engage in the arts, artists need to make efforts to develop various skills equally, which can be one of the most challenging aspects for them. However, Allocating time equally to enhance various skills is important, but also it is significant to focus on the most important aspects. In this post, I will discuss the…