Chime.
Hi Bernie,
All this talk of painting prompted me to look up landscape artists on
Wikipedia. The landscape artist has characteristics in common with
the soundscape artist. Some landscape paintings are more realistic,
nearly photographic, while others tend toward Van Gogh and beyond. I
had one sound artist use some of my sounds in a very creative (and
distorting) way that I could only characterize as a Picasso in
sound. You could barely discern the lady coming down the stairs, so
to speak.
I suppose I've done more soundscape/landscape recordings since coming
under your tutorship. Prior to that I was more of a portraiture
recordist/artist. I haven't evolved into abstract sound at this
point and maybe I'm too boring a person for that kind of thing.
I'm grateful that the comparison of our art and the painters art is
meeting with some discussion, it's got me thinking, and maybe
imagining new ways to use this art form. At first I just thought I
was getting a robin recorded, now I know I was creating a portrait.
And now that I know these are portraits, I can take the artistic
aspect of creating the portrait more seriously.
Oh, and that toilet water recording story is hilarious! Good on you,
man! That was definitely avante garde. Anyone taking your work
seriously in relation to that story needs to lighten up and enjoy
life a bit. You've brighten my day.
I'm smiling, and imagining a collection of flush sounds! How about a
field guide? Maybe I'll get to work on it. In the mean time I know
that you have more quality natural sounds in your personal collection
than almost anyone, ever.
Kevin
On Sep 14, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
> Anyone can feel free to
> chime in with thoughts.
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> Bernie
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