project 1: engage sound and video art

chaotic home

Concept: I started by recording familiar sounds around my house, I had no initial intention nor experience with sound art. I ended up with sounds like my morning alarm, dad making coffee, dog collar rattling, my writer mom typing and little brother screaming at his Xbox. My first go-around had little thought and sounded just like noise. Naturally, I used my chaotic house noise and my emotions toward it to create a piece that brings you mentally and visually into my everyday life and the sounds I hear throughout. This is more of a dreamscape experience where the mind and body have a bit of a disconnect. Using just Adobe Audition and Adobe Premier I layered sounds, and videos and created a few intentional beats and patterns with the coffee blender, and made what I like to call my "breaking point" have the loudest most chaotic noise finishing with a triumphant "lets gooo" from my brother. Hope you enjoy!

sound art process

step 1. visually laying out my sounds

For me, once I had a concept the next step was to lay it out visually. The best way I could think of doing so was by creating an upside down cone shape with my sounds. This layout allowed me to create a pinnacle point where all of my sounds were playing at the same time.

step 2. adjusting the volume

After visually laying out my sounds I knew I didn't want them all at the same volume throughout. Conceptually I was thinking more of a gentle fade in so I made each sound's volume slowly get louder the closer it got to the breaking point.

step 3. fading sounds out

After listening to it with the fade in the next step was making all of the sounds fade back out to really emphasize the moment of extreme noise and irritation. I used the same method and adjusted all of the sound's volumes down after the breaking point.

step 4. crossover ending

I didn't want it to just end there. I wanted to really incorporate my feelings and the actuality of my household. After the breaking point comes the cooling down period. A moment of relief and a bit of appreciation for the noise settling down, that moment is cut short with my little brother's interruptions.

listen to my sound art!

storyboard

video editing process

step 1. importing my videos and sound art

I took videos each about 30 seconds long and uploaded them to Premiere. These videos are representative of the sounds I use in my sound art piece but purposefully don't match up exactly due to the fact that I wanted to tell a story rather than connect what is happening literally to the sound.

step 2. layering my videos and added effects

I imported my sound art and arranged my video clips, layering, clipping and adjusting them to the desired visual that went with my piece.

step 3. playing with opacity, used 40% mostly

I ended up adding in effects to show the progression of emotion, thought and time and I used the fade in/ fade out and opacity to achieve those concepts.

step 4. turned all of my videos to B&W except the first and last

Lastly, I turned almost all of my videos to black and white using [effects --> image control --> black and white].

inspiration

Richard Serra

Born: San Fransisco, California

Studied at: UCSB, UC Berkley, Yale School of Art

Artistic Periods: Minimalism, Contemporary Art, Modern Art, Process Art, Abstract Expressionism

Focused on the materials at hand, Serra created immersive large-scale sculptors that were representative of Abstract Expressionism. Comparable to Jackson Pollock and following the thinking of Clement Greenberg created pieces that embody formalism, and the use of the abstract and minimalist forms. Serra uses negative space and natural elements, denies traditional sculpture. His sculptures are an ode to Japanese zen gardens, relating natural elements to their surroundings.

Intervals

You can very clearly see Serra's taste for minimalism here in Intervals. Using large blocks of steel Serra really fills up his space with simplicity. I appreciate the orderly fashion in which this simplicity is displayed along with the form he chose. I really wanted to go with a similar simple yet immersive experience with my own piece, rather than physically it was about using my resources to bring you into my life emotionally.

Inside Out

Almost acting as a maze Inside Out plays with the concept of movement and your position in space. Serra does this by creating a large scale immersive form that forces you to navigate the space around you. This relates to my own concept by really prying on that sensation of movement in the space you are given. How do you physically move throughout your day?

Nine

Large scale and minimalistic Serra transforms a gallery space into an immersive place of thought. These are cylinders of different heights and sizes made of steel weighing about 5o tons each. I appreciate the simple forms and how visually, and surely physically, immersive and interesting these forms are. Minimalism can take you into different worlds sometimes.

Andy Warhol

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Studied at: Carnegie Mellon University- Carnegie Institute of Technology

Artistic Periods: Pop Art Movement

Campbell's Soup Cans

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Green Coca-Cola Bottles

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