I chose the David Toop article from The Art of Noise. The reason that I chose this article was because it has specific relevance to what we are doing in class now with the sound recording. Toop goes into detail about how sounds are now being used for art and this directly relates to our drift projects. Toop also talks about the difference between sound and music, and how these differences are now being cast aside. Now sounds are being perceived as not just sounds, but as important aspects of our surroundings and the makeup of what we perceive as music.
There are some main points that David Toop poses in his article from The Art of Noise. One of his main points is that sound is an essential sense for humans. He talks about how sound helps us to find our bearings in different environments and without sound the world becomes a “remote and dangerous place.” Another point that Toop puts across is how sound can be used as an art form. He talks about how sound can be a greater medium of art than painting, in that sound is all around you and not just in front of you. Toop describes many sound artists in his article and then poses a question to the reader as to whether new forms of sound art should be in galleries or not. This question addresses the fact that sound as an art form is still not widely accepted as a true form of art, but wants the reader to decide for themselves.
The ideas in this article are extremely relevant to my practices as a media artist. This article goes into the importance of sounds and how these sounds can be used to create art. Toop’s article opened my mind to the possibilities of different noises or sounds being used to convey a message much like a painting. I found his thoughts on how sound is all around you, while art is just in front of you, to be very insightful. Toop’s article informed me about the importance of sound and how sounds can be used in a variety of artistic ways.
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