Okay we all know sound matters, then what?

by lawrence

David Pogue (of New York Times)’s post about the lost soundmarks is a piece of evidence of the rising public conscious of sound / active listening, though I do remember the NYT running another story about the jingling sound of mobile ice-cream vendors circa one year ago. The issue at stake, it seems to me, is that what kind of approach / methodology should a sound artist adopt in relation to this kind of preservationist thinking? What else can they do besides incorporating found-sounds in their works, presenting field-recordings as they are, or mapping sounds based on their birthplace? What shall be the next step after the public was made aware of the alternative ways of listening and the imminency of sound preservation? How should sound artists position themselves in a visual-oriented world?

As sound art (soundfart?) being locked down as an established art form (fart form?), it’s time to move forward.




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  1. 這篇跟主動聆聽沒什麼關係啊，不如說是以聲音為題的懷舊文章。

    Comment by wolfenstein — September 14, 2006 #

  2. wolf，有道理，是我在借题发挥而已。:)

    Comment by lawrence — September 15, 2006 #

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