Thursday, January 22, 2009

mixed media art.

when i went to the art exhibit in kiehle (sp?) the very first thing that i noticed was the very large organ facing the front window, which appeared to be spin art of some kind but after a later look saw that picture was a skull. not sure if it was because i was visiting the exhibit at 9:30 am and things weren't completely set up but the organ was not making any sounds that i could hear. from there i was immediately drawn by the sound of the baby's voice to behind the pilar to where the sound was coming from and saw thespeaker next to a projector which was projecting mainly a single color onto the pilar. this sound piece didn't make much sense to me and so i was drawn away from that piece fairly quickly to the small boxed in room in the corner, to find a small screen in the middle of the floor with almost a wooden deck around it. i was surprised that i had not heard any sound coming from this corner since the small room was sourounded with four speakers one in each corner. so since i couldnt hear any sound i figured that it had some kind of trigger so i viewed the screen from every angle to see if i would trip a motion sensor of some sort. after not achieving any sound from my circle around the screen i thought maybe i it was in the wood or something so i though "well it looks like a deck maybe you have to step on it". but having a little bit of art knowledge i know you are not supposed to touch art since many times it is fragile. so i proceded to tap the wood with my toe and that didn't seem to do anything so i waited a little and then i heard what i would describe as a thunderous sound (although i may just use that word because of my long analysis of the video being played as being some storm clouds and lightning) after listening to the sound for a bit i my semantic listening makes me think it is the sound of a motorcycle. so i figured the artist was trying to imitate a natural sound with the sound of something man-made.

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