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Still Spotting version 2 – Hymn to a Great City

Here's my own video of the project To a Great City which is described in this more lengthy post. For…

Posted on: April 28, 2014
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Doug Aitken’s house

https://vimeo.com/40903414 The artist Doug Aitken’s house, a block away from the Pacific Ocean, is in tune with its surroundings in…

Posted on: April 22, 2014
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Stillspotting – To a Great City by Arvo Pärt and Snøhetta

September 15–18 and 22–25, 2011 For the second edition of stillspotting nyc, composer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935, Paide, Estonia) and…

Posted on: April 22, 2014
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Janet Cardiff – Sound Walk – Her Long Black Hair

Her Long Black Hair takes each listener on a winding, mysterious journey through Central Park’s 19th-century pathways, retracing the footsteps…

Posted on: April 17, 2014
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A guide to some open works references

The goal of the Open Works project is to reflect on different ideas about time that we have explored and…

Posted on: April 16, 2014
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Show Studio – Anechoic – The Sound of Clothes

Anechoic is a 'collections story' that uses sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments from the…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Gyorgi Ligeti – Poeme Symphonique For 100 Metronomes

The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes in 1962, during his brief acquaintance with the Fluxus…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) – John Cage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7490776.stm The church organ in Halberstadt will play the next - sixth - chord of John Cage's As Slow As…

Posted on: April 6, 2014
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Longplayer

http://longplayer.org Longplayer is a one thousand year long musical composition. It began playing at midnight on the 31st of December…

Posted on: April 6, 2014
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Sound Rhythm and Editing

The creation of rhythm in film is often a combination of image and sound. Sound can play an important role…

Posted on: March 31, 2014
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Touch the Sound – clip

documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly…

Posted on: March 5, 2014
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Radio – One Man’s Quest To Find The ‘Sonic Wonders Of The World’ (Fresh Air)

Ever wonder why your voice sounds so much better when you sing in the shower? It has to do with…

Posted on: March 3, 2014
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Anton Bruhin – In/Out

Here's a good example of an editing style that is determined to some degree my the mechanisms of editing. In…

Posted on: March 3, 2014
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Steve Reich – Come Out

Come Out is a 1966 piece by American composer Steve Reich. He was asked to write this piece to be…

Posted on: March 3, 2014
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Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers

Six drummers participate in a well planned musical attack in the suburbs. As an elderly couple leave their apartment the…

Posted on: March 2, 2014
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Noise by Kijek/Adamski

"Film inspired by the theoretic work of George Berkeley and basics of synesthetic perception. It's a game of imagination provoked…

Posted on: March 2, 2014
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Pierre Henry – Variations for a door and a sigh (1963)

from a post on the WFMU's Beware of the Blog Listening this morning to "Variations pour Une Porte et Un…

Posted on: February 26, 2014
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The Shape of Song

Here's a nice reference in relation to our time of day project. What does music look like? The Shape of…

Posted on: February 3, 2014
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99% Invisible – Game Changer

99% Invisible - Game Changer Regardless of how you feel about basketball, you’ve got to appreciate the way it can…

Posted on: January 26, 2014
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Archival Sound – Via the Internet Archive

Here is a collection of archival recordings on the Internet Archive. They are in a collection called 78 RPM which…

Posted on: January 25, 2014
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