To The Next (2011), MFA Thesis Installation
28 November 09

MFA in Studio, School of The Art Institute of Chicago (2009 – 2011)

This blog documents my period of study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Enrolled in the Sound Department, I was the recipient of the school's prestigious Trustee's Merit Scholarship for the duration of my degree studies.
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25 October 10

A Constructed Sense of Place

One important issue for me is that I have visited these places and have personal memories and images about them. Another thing is that they are locations and periods of my life that I have shared with another person.

Audio Componenets

– clear / clarity / close mic / a peculiar sense of believeability of a real space within this piece – A Bellwater Cricket

The issue of recording a document and leaving it as it is. This rule is not for everybody. You have to be aware of approaches to your work and be clear of your intentions.

1. exactly as they are

2. collage works

3. It’s OK to make both – selective of what elements are within the recording and when to use these two apporaches.

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11 October 10

An arrival at a reduction. An identification with critical moments and a process of discovery.

Recommended listening:

Chris Watson // Annea Lockwood

One project that I’m working on doesn’t seem to be going anywhere for now but that’s OK – my adviser Mark suggested that some projects work out and some don’t and become bridge projects to somewhere else. I think this one will probably be one of those.

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