Today’s post is a couple of videos I’ve made along the way…
- Sonic Space Invaded:
2. Some reflections on Sonic vs Physical space:
Following on from thinking about the inherit lack of boundaries that sonic environments have, I have been thinking about examples at UAL where this may affect students’ and staff’s work.
One of the most recent examples is the Fine Arts classes that happen on the street at CSM: mostly drawing classes with background music, but also lectures animate the space at the north end of the street where many students and staff pass through to get to their classrooms and offices.
I always thought it was cool that these were happening; they were making the space vibrant, they were (albeit inadvertently) making students’ work and their course visible and generally they were also demystifying the traditionally more austere classroom set up, making it perfectly ok to climb over students in order to get to the canteen…
Now I question whether this is indeed a positive experience or not. Is it a hindrance to those who try to get some tranquillity between classes/on their break? Or are they offering positive and creative energy that, regardless on a passer by paying attention to them or not, still feeds our souls and intellects?
I vote for creative collisions always…
P.S.
Although it may have seemed like a cop out to have presented the videos so raw and noisy, I did do that on purpose to try and illustrate the challenges and the discomfort that an invaded sonic space may cause…