The Verb project
is an introduction to editing audio and to the notion of “structured sound.” By focusing on the idea of Acousmatic listening that Chion describes (via Pierre Schaeffer) our goal is to create soundscapes that do not rely on traditional notions of music, but instead tap into the full range of sound terminology that we have been uncovering in this course in order to create an evocative sonic structure.
The project begins with a verb.
As R. Murray Schafer said “Sounds are actions; they move and change. Sounds are verbs.” I will randomly assign a unique verb (Links to an external site.)to each of you that will guide your sound constructions of this first part of the project: a 2 minute sonic texture.
Verb = Empty
Imagine a 3D space with all the perspective lines on it. Imagine yourself drawing an empty room, or imagine yourself designing a three-dimensional area. All the hidden lines that creates the depth, length and height of the room are actually right there. And you are one of those particles that is unseen in the room. Humans are unable to see or feel everything in a space however with usage of other senses we can imagine what can be the possible impact or the feedback that is going to be received by us. This audio texture conceptualizes the idea of moving particles in an empty room and the feedback that occurs when interaction happens between the particles and the plain walls.