TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Friday, February 9, 2007

2:50 PM
Posted by jodi rose

....just when I was starting to wonder if I actually was insane, received this fabulous text from one of my lovely lithuanian sound artist friends (and a remixer of the singing bridges audio) with his podcast for sound folly about frequencies of the universe. gorgeous reminder that we're all out there tinkering on our own particular wavelength, and sometimes they do intersect.

'Elementary Particles' Gintas K

"Every age has it's own instruments and instruments have their own timbres. A computer has become the main instrument in our time; sine waves and white noise - it's generated and most frequently used timbres.

I created this podcast by using 5 components and their symbolic meanings: 145 Hz and 235 Hz sine waves which are basic frequencies of male and female speech - harmony; white noise - disharmony; 80 Hz sine wave which sometimes goes below the scale of human hearing - hell; 10 KHz sine wave which goes above the scale of human hearing - heaven. 80 Hz and 10 KHz reveal musical infinity and human limitation and, in some way, human possibility to create infinity from his limitations.

The work consists of intro, outro, and four parts, that symbolize earth and the order of mankind. Rhythm as a driving force of living is a key element in all parts. Does this concept mean that I'm trying to create the universe of spheres? - No. Does it mean that conception is more important than music? For sure - not. Does it mean that music is above everything? - But music in these times doesn't exist ... there is only sound art."

"the pulse and click of your cyberheart is melody to my analogue to digital converter" (another beautiful track title from gintas k)


OWN [SOUND] ART
Podcasting. Or art by subscription.

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8th February 2007 - The second podcast in a series of 4.

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Podcasting is the broadcast medium of the masses. It is possible for anyone to make and publish a podcast about anything they please and to access a global audience with the click of a mouse. Throughout February 2007 folly, in partnership with SoundNetwork, is publishing a series of specially commissioned podcasts that explore the possibilties of the medium for artists and the distribution of their work in sound. Anyone can subscribe to the series and with each download (1 every week in February) the listener will add a new piece of art to their digital collection.

This series not only explores the practical delivery of sound art on the internet, but also the very nature of communication through broadcasting; from the transmissions of a cosmonaut beyond our own atmosphere, to communicating ideas about spirituality through frequency, and through inviting sounds from our computers to occupy our environment as a backdrop to our own lives.

The series continues with podcasts from Neil Webb (15th Feb) and Antony Hall (22ndFeb).