Soundart research on landscape as score. Speculative Topology, anthropocene and geomancy. A Thesis by Coco Moya
The work explores a sonic phenomenon that only occurs in a few deserts around the world: The Singing Sands. These particular desert sounds have been witnessed for many centuries by various travelers, including Marco Polo. “Nagaras” is one of the words used in early tales and rumors to describe the phenomenonhttp://fonik.dk/works/nagaras2.html
copper wire, magnolia grandiflora leaves, magnets, wood, step motors https://vimeo.com/112386611 http://rudydeceliere.net/
The Distant Sound 2014Three channel radio transmissionInstallation view Moss, Norway, 2014http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sound-artSobre su obra Long Gone en el reina sofía:Susan Philipsz plantea en esta instalación sonora una exploración de las propiedades escultóricas y psicológicas del sonido. La mayoría de sus obras utilizan como principal instrumento expresivo la voz de la artista, quien a pesar de no ser... Leer más →
La obra parte de la semejanza entre las representaciones tridimensionales de los sonidos y las cadenas de montañas. Ejecutando una lectura simultánea de las elevaciones de la isla de La Palma desde un número suficientemente grande de puntos de la rosa de los vientos, se obtendrá un resultado sonoro complejo capaz de suscitar experiencias estéticas.... Leer más →
25 woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system, 2009Woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system Swiss sound and visual artist Zimoun creates minimalist kinetic structures that vary from large-scale architectural installations to playful assemblages of ordinary objects. Using machines such as tiny DC motors and modest mass-produced materials, Zimoun’s works explore the interplay between symmetry and chaos to create sounds that... Leer más →
Leon Scott’s phonoautograph was the first sound-recording device. Predating Edison’s phonograph, it turns sounds into images, producing intricate, smoky drawings – but offering no means of playback. Using the original 1850s patent manuscripts, Ander Mikalson built a functioning phonautograph and recorded the sound of the Big Bang (as rendered by astronomer Mark Whittle). http://andermikalson.com/Phonautograph
GE462615 is an intriguing and mysterious object, like a meteor landed on Earth to reveal a message coming right from the sky. It invites to a new way of reading time, connected to the zodiacal constellations postions, to sidereal time, and breaks with earth’s temporal system. This project is developed in collaboration with astrophysicist Sylvie... Leer más →
Moon empezó por llevar a modo de pulsera un sensor que vibra ante cualquier seísmo a partir de 1 grado en la escala Richter. Eso fue en 2013. Luego se lo implantó en un codo, y finalmente decidió incorporar un sensor en cada tobillo, mediante una pequeña cirugía, para sentir los temblores en sus pies. En 2010,... Leer más →
Kinetic Sound Sculpture for one prepared tree Branch, five prepared transducer microphones, sound mixer and four speakers. Part of Solo exhibition (Un) Measurements at Meet Factory, Prage, Czech Republic 2016 https://vimeo.com/215448333 A dead tree was carved removing the parts where fungi and larvae thrived. Bac-teria still inhabits this place, they are the architects of an ongoing... Leer más →
On geomancy and sound 