So. Since I listened to most of remixes already I thought mines was not very directly “political”. This edit is a response to that. I don’t know if I like the abstract message of the first edit or the directness of this one. I felt like I was forced to take more of an opinionated stance on this edit compared to the last one. It still has elements of recontextualization which I am really happy with.

Borrowed:

1. My Body, My Self by Parker Ziegler – [Contemporary piece of media]
2. Behaved Body by Nicole Cheng – [Contemporary piece of media]
3. This could be beautiful (it is) by Metronomy – [Contemporary piece of media]
4. La Seine – French Language School (1953) – [Middlebury Archives]
5. Drum Solo by TorontoDrummer (soundcloud) – [Contemporary piece of media]
6. Donald Trump on Angry Babies
7. Sarah Silverman on being PC
8. Political Correctness Puzzles Police – Studio C
9. Excerpt from “Kids In The Hall” (1993)

Original:

1. Rocks Thrown at Steel Beam – [Non-musical]
2. Ross Dining Hall [Ambient] – [Non-musical]
3. Removing Tree Bark – [Non-musical]
4. Stomping on metal water draining vessel – [Non-musical]
5. Hard Breathing – [Non-musical]

 

[Feel free to grade either…(the other version that was submitted on time or this edit)]

Borrowed:

1. My Body, My Self by Parker Ziegler – [Contemporary piece of media]
2. Behaved Body by Nicole Cheng – [Contemporary piece of media]
3. This could be beautiful (it is) by Metronomy – [Contemporary piece of media]
4. La Seine – French Language School (1953) – [Middlebury Archives]
5. Drum Solo by TorontoDrummer (soundcloud) – [Contemporary piece of media]

Original:

1. Rocks Thrown at Steel Beam – [Non-musical]
2. Ross Dining Hall [Ambient] – [Non-musical]
3. Removing Tree Bark – [Non-musical]
4. Stomping on metal water draining vessel – [Non-musical]
5. Hard Breathing – [Non-musical]

 

 

How does one evaluate art without context and meaning of the piece? This is a question posed at “reduced listening”. We are limited by our language. One can evaluate how a piece of sound makes one feel , but is this feeling not greatly enhanced after context of the sound is unveiled? This strikes a contrast between knowing the “context” or “intended meaning” of a sound compared to knowing the “source” of a sound.

Events: In the following order: Omnidirectional Mic Location 1, Hypercardoid Mic Location 1, Omnidirectional Mic Location 2, Hypercardoid Mic Location 2.

Sound: Hitting the steel beams under atwater dining with the same side of a shale rock. Different temporal events for each recording, the same beam for each respective location, the same rock for every recording.