ART 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter Art Exhibition Resaerch: Guy Debord, Soundscape, Octavio Paz
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A moment of quiet reflection: 15 discrete channels of sound playing over 15 speakers, repetitive synthesizer bass note repeats over and over and does not change over the course of the piece. Every day at noon for a year, the electronic carillon in the calgary tower played music that could be heard throughout downtown calgary: ohama made this carillon (https://www. hprodeo. ca/2012/calgary-carillon-celebration) for the. 2012 high performance rodeo: then, there are electronic paths are like chords that wash over and play in different areas of the installation. There are several different synthesizer beds meant to link the outside world (like c-trains) to your inner rhythm (like the bass notes: next, the piano notes move around the space. Ohama encourages walking around and experimenting with different speaker placements: your motion through the installation is a part of the composition. It is all about finding a moment of quiet reflection within your busy day.
