one, two, three, four, breath
one, two, three, four, breath
counting strokes and alternating breaths during the race. every gasp takes one ear out of the watery world of pure sonic clarity and presents the unintelligible rumble of the cheering crowd – roars in a gymnasium mired by perpetual echo.
one, two, three, four, breath
one, two, three, four, breath
Sounding Memory is a new project which dialogues with a series of acoustic recollections. Participants are asked to recall a sound that made a substantial impression on them, describing this sonic memory in their own words. The artist uses a mixture of found sounds and recordings to sculpt a sonic response. These recollections and their audio responses are continually collected and posted online, forming a dialogue over the course of a month as the work unfolds.
Luke Munn is a Berlin based artist with a sound and socially focused practice. His work centres around sound and our relationship to it: often incorporating site-specific aspects, dialogues with the audience, visual elements, or everyday objects. His work has featured in the Centre de Cultura Contemporà nia de Barcelona, Q-O2 Brussels, Laborsonor Berlin, and others – with performances in Paris, Dublin, Chicago, Berlin, Auckland, and New York.
Submit your Memory. Simply write a sentence or two of what you remember of the sound. Aspects could be musical (rhythm, melody), sonic (volume, duration), spatial (faraway, filtered), emotional (terrifying, confusing), visual (trembling, bright), or anything else you can think of.
Each contribution will be responded to with a playable sound file based on your description. Stop by the site a few days after your submission. Thanks!
UPDATE MAY 2011: Sounding Memory is now closed. Thanks for all the contributions.