Creative Possibilities (Looking into Soundscapes)
ft. ‘Ken’s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza’

Wednesdays week 9 class focused on the different creative possibilities we could do for our projects. This included soundscapes, art installations as well as other innovative and creative new media art projects.
During this class we listened and examined samples of sound collages and analysed the techniques used to create them. Many included rhythmic and repetitive chimes that embedded a sense of surrealism. We also examined the ‘networkeffect.io’ which is a platform that continuously adds media to it’s archive to create an ever growing platform of experiences from people. I’ve found inspiration from these layered montages (both audio and visual), I find them engaging and immersive. As I want my final project to focus on the montage of habits I found examining montages this week quite helpful. I have also decided I would like to experiment with my own soundscape. I want to record the audio of everyday activities and create something surreal out of it. I would like to be able to immerse audiences into this warped sense of reality that layers everyday sounds into something abstract. I think it could create intense emotions and transform everyday sounds into something more unique.

Kens Last Radio Extravaganza: https://wfmu.org/  

The above piece I have created has taken inspiration from Ken’s podcast although I have added more layers to create a more disruptive piece,  the piece also has a narrative as each sound effect layered has been recorded by me and represents the habits that I am talking about (within the soundscape). It has been fun experimenting and recording with audio layers and I want to create an in-depth soundscape for my final experimental piece. I think the repetitive audio in the soundscape would re-enforce the elements of routine and daily activities that the habits filmed will visually present.