Wendy sent me a recording of herself ironing a shirt - 'I love the sound an iron makes when you stand it back up and it sighs as if it's exhausted' which is such a fantastic image in itself. We talked about the notion of why we filter out certain sounds above others and the emotional response to sound. I told her that the really interesting thing so far has been when donators have told me their emotional attachement to the sound they sent. It adds an extra depth to the sound and gives an implied narrative to the project as I make little artistic connections between sounds. It will be interesting to see what becomes of the 'story' as we progress.
Wendy told me about a brilliant book by the ever wonderful Machinefabriek that you maybe interested in.....
A self published book about the beauty of environmental sounds. 72 pages (A6) that will (hopefully) inspire you to listen differently...This book costs 12 euro including worldwide postage - http://www.machinefabriek.nu/
reviews in FIELD MUZICK - A collection of short texts and suggestive phrases about listenting of everyday sounds, about to hear them different, as kind of music. One of the basic ideas of fieldmuzick as labels. The 72 pages of the book contains texts from over 40 authors. I only know Taylor Deupree and Ezekiel Honig. But it's not important. The writers describe feelings of listening to everyday sounds emmbedded between suggestive phrases and words. It's really inspiring.
PS Philip Jeck was brilliant btw
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