Category: Contemporary Issues in Sound Art
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The Recording Session
The starting point for the piece was recording a doomscrolling session on my laptop (I keep instagram off of my phone when I need to focus). The process was more interesting than I expected. I was aware of how exposing it felt. Social media feeds are curated to the individual user, which means recording mine…
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Future Goals
For the research project proposal I’ve chosen Route B, the Audio Paper, mainly because I personally find it a more interesting format to work in than a written dissertation, as well as to consume. Making the critical argument through sound rather than just writing about it feels reflective of what the practice actually is. That…
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Influences for composition
Merzbow is probably the most direct influence on what I’m planning to make. I’ve been familiar with his work for a while, Pulse Demon was the entry point for me as is probably the case for most people. Something that interests me about Merzbow’s work is how it resists being consumed passively, It’s not exactly…
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Exploring Texts
I’ve been reading bits from Capitalist realism and The burnout society. Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism argues that attention difficulties like ADHD are systemic products of a culture built around constant stimulation. He describes the “privatisation of stress” as the way collective problems get returned to the individual to manage alone, usually through medication or self-management.…
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‘Scrolling’ noise piece
Today I made the piece for the submission: a harsh noise composition built entirely from sampled audio of Instagram Reels. I aimed to convey the overwhelming and draining experience of doomscrolling to make the listener feel something of what it actually does to you. I started by using a chrome extension to sample audio directly…