Gazing (LCF World Music Day) In early April, I received and opportunity to submit to collaborate with an LCF fashion student for World Music Day. For this celebration, they challenged us Sound Art students to submit pieces of work (1 …
Bishi is a British-Bengali artist who works in the mediums of sound, performance, AI visuals, and much more. Having roots in queer performance art, sitar playing, and musical background, Bishi defines herself easily as a multi-disciplined artist with a clear …
Exploring themes of loneliness, missing your mother, and a strong home calling; bluegrass strings together the likes of blues, country, European, and African traditions to create its’ distinctive, energetic sound. Though this culture contains many charms, its’ past has problematic …
Learning software like Cecilia5, Paulstretch, and Spectral Stretch has given me plenty of opportunities to expand my practice. In particular, the spectral stretch caught my interest by its’ accessibility to create textures. Spectral Stretch takes audio and can stretch it …
Smerz is a Norwegian group of two (Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt) that in their words, ‘carefully deconstruct pop’. The deconstruction of music is the essence of this album. Smerz takes apart aspects of music and emphasizes some of the …
Anima– the soul, especially the irrational part of the soul as distinguished from the rational mind Immortality– the ability to live forever; eternal life As an artist in sound, I like to almost consider myself a sorcerer. How can I …
Continuation- the state of remaining in a particular position or condition. Immortality- the ability to live forever; eternal life. Going with the theme of continuation , I chose to interpret this through the concept of immortality. Researching into this, Plato’s …
Following the concept of terrorism through dreams, Susumu Hirasawa this film took this psychedelic theme and translated it into a bubbly, consistent, and authentic soundtrack. Paprika is often noted for being one of the first films to include Vocaloid through …
Monika, Raul, Joanna, Harvey, Nathaniel, Kiro, Elliot, Steve, Jiachen, Buki, Jake This project both excited and challenged me. Having the opportunity to experiment and showcase my work on radio was enticing. Alas, this is where the project became challenging for …
Entering this brief, I found myself a bit lost at first. Learning to maneuver with a group of nine to ten people, especially during a pandemic, can be difficult. Alas, once roles were assigned and volunteered for, my tasks became …