16th Nov 2006
Sound Assignment
He Loved You Very Much
Sound Collage
-link to audio forthcoming
Description:
Applying the tools of journalism to everyday life, I set out to discover the people and the environment within the M5 bus on Friday, October 20, 2006. Using audio recordings to document my ride, I created a sound collage containing conversations (both overheard and direct), atmospheric sounds and sounds made by the bus itself. The piece also employs techniques of fiction, including characters and a narrative thread. At certain moments, the artist’s voice is heard explaining her innermost thoughts, not necessarily connected directly to what she is actually observing. Overheard conversations recall memories- the closing line, “he loved you very much,” is repeated 8 times in Spanish. Highly personal, “He Loved You Very Much,” is in the tradition of Nan Goldin’s evocative photographs of close friends and lovers in the sense that the artist’s intermittent comments relate to memories connected to her ex-lover.
Various layers of reality, imagination and memory combine to explain my journey on the M5 bus line on that one afternoon. This piece is meant to be both a document and a psychological experience for the listener who is asked to listen to this piece on headphones as she physically embarks on a journey, on any bus of her choice.
He Loved You Very Much
Sound Collage
-link to audio forthcoming
Description:
Applying the tools of journalism to everyday life, I set out to discover the people and the environment within the M5 bus on Friday, October 20, 2006. Using audio recordings to document my ride, I created a sound collage containing conversations (both overheard and direct), atmospheric sounds and sounds made by the bus itself. The piece also employs techniques of fiction, including characters and a narrative thread. At certain moments, the artist’s voice is heard explaining her innermost thoughts, not necessarily connected directly to what she is actually observing. Overheard conversations recall memories- the closing line, “he loved you very much,” is repeated 8 times in Spanish. Highly personal, “He Loved You Very Much,” is in the tradition of Nan Goldin’s evocative photographs of close friends and lovers in the sense that the artist’s intermittent comments relate to memories connected to her ex-lover.
Various layers of reality, imagination and memory combine to explain my journey on the M5 bus line on that one afternoon. This piece is meant to be both a document and a psychological experience for the listener who is asked to listen to this piece on headphones as she physically embarks on a journey, on any bus of her choice.
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