SOUND

What would the formation of the universe SOUND like? 

Scientist Marke Whittle created sound clips of various stages in this process and compressed them down so we could experience them in our particular temporal existence. 

He took information from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and applied it to sound creation as another perspective of engaging with the process of the cosmos formation. The CMB is the relic radiation from the Big Bang and provides a window into the structure of the universe. Variations of density in the CMB could be seen as sound waves. This of course is not possible to hear in human perception (occurring at 55 octaves below what we can hear) so he shifted it to the audible spectrum allowing us to experience this formative process as a sound clip.

Click Here to listen to visit the page of Mark Whittle for more information and listen to the sound of the birth of the cosmos.

Playing for Time- Jim Fenner

"Longplayer is a one thousand year long musical composition. It began playing at midnight on the 31st of December 1999, and will continue to play without repetition until the last moment of 2999, at which point it will complete its cycle and begin again. Conceived and composed by Jem Finer, it was originally produced as an Artangel commission, and is now in the care of the Longplayer Trust.

Longplayer can be heard in the lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, where it has been playing since it began. It can also be heard at several other listening posts around the world, and globally via a live stream on the Internet.

Longplayer is composed for singing bowls – an ancient type of standing bell – which can be played by both humans and machines, and whose resonances can be very accurately reproduced in recorded form. It is designed to be adaptable to unforeseeable changes in its technological and social environments, and to endure in the long-term as a self-sustaining institution."

From the Longplayer website

Trinity Buoy Wharf, London

Click Longplayer to hear a sample of the longest score ever created.


"Soundings: a Contemporary Score"

MoMA recently had an exhibition dedicated to presenting a diversity of artists working in this medium. Click here to visit the exhibition site and here samples.   

Musician Joe Zawinal created "Arrival in New York" as an experimental Jazz piece. It can be seen as capturing or mimicking the sounds of this experience. Note the heaviness of sounds, juxtapositions of durations as he weaves them altogether.  

All things leave impressions. We are seeking to record sound impressions of a Person, Place or Thing. Please collect multiple sound fossils that relate to your chosen concept. These sound fossils will then be recombined in Premiere Pro to create a distinct experience of this idea