TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

2:54 PM
Posted by jodi rose

In-between sounds.

Is that silence
or noise?

A few more minutes before today's setting up begins. The presentations and discussion yesterday were lovely, really fascinating mesh of ideas, mix of people, and different approaches to sound. Hopefully we have hooked into some existing conversations, started new ones and it will all continue to evolve in interesting ways.

Went for a beautiful walk this morning, spent some time in the park enjoying the sunshine, listening to the bells ringing from Zionskirsche and other churches. Walking down the hill, all the ideas swirling in my head for installation and performance suddenly clicked into place. I love that moment, just as it happened, ran into Tim Tetzner walking up the hill, and said to him 'Aren't the bells amazing?' He smiled, and told me they were even better just a little bit further back.

Moments of conversation, ideas from past projects, spatial audio and the diffusion of sound into the environment, mysterious, ephemeral and personal qualities and experiencing the work as a journey through space. All making sense to me now. Sorry if it remains a little obscure in this articulation. There will be clarity and diagrams, I promise!

Talking yesterday about the bridge project was a great opportunity to trace through the ideas from the beginning, and out into the future.

Vibration, Breath, Voice, Transmission, Playing & Diffusion.
All to be expanded on in the current writing and project proposals.

Wonderful to have all those great people in the room, and on the audiotheque, and performing today - such generous energy, enthusiasm, rigorous critical engagement and personal warmth.