The Power of Sound as an Art Form The sounds of Indian activists chanting and reciting poems fill Tate Modern’s Project Space in London, part of Amar Kanwar’s “A Night of Prophecy” (2002). Nearby, Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s voice map, “Conflicted Phonemes” (2012), explores the influence of accent on Somali asylum seekers, offering a visual interpretation of their speech.
The two works are part of the sound-art exhibition “Word.Sound.Power.” that, according to Tate Modern’s Web site, “takes a moment to listen to the harmony and dissonance of voices rising.” Tate Modern is not alone in exploring art through the ears. “Sound art is having a moment right now,” Gascia Ouzounian, a lecturer at the Sonic Arts Research Center at Queen’s University Belfast, said by e-mail. “A wave of recent exhibitions has very much brought sound art to the attention of the wider public.” more here… http://nyti.ms/17wnO2P _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
