Project 3 Video, Sound Trek (11-17-06)

In order to capture the sound I was looking for I went south to the dowtown Milwaukee, more specifically at night. There are some interesting alleways and spots right over the river that I was very interested in recording. I spent hours down there, finding it hard to get new sounds, but the longer I stayed, the more I felt like I was meant to be recording everything I heard. Suddenly everything I had been hearing sounded different and new because I had focused on the more subtle intracacies of everyday sound. I honestly felt like I was evolving as an artist and my curiosities about how to expand as an artist were realized.

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Soundscape #1:

I started trekking looking for sparse and ominous sounds where there was no need for constant commotion, sounds that felt eerily still. I found a lot of sounds that made me think about some sort of presence that I couldn't figure out, something that made me feel uneasy. I was glad to find many sounds that applied well to my visual concepts being the metaphorical supernatural or unreal.

Soundscape #2:

I was planning on finding sounds that violently opposed to the ominous ones I had found earlier but I found something different. I found opposing forces in sounds that were simply comparable to my bland yet eerie sounds. I recrded some material that was blatantly unsettling but it still had that feeling of ominimity, I couldn't figure out what made feel unsettled by these sounds.