Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s art relies on sounds to bring their ideas to life. In order to construct this piece, I wanted to incorporate the beauties of nature on this campus. I decided to record my journey through some of the woods near Buckeye Village. As I filmed and watched back, I was not that happy with the bumpiness of the video. However, after I took a few more shots there were not getting better. I realized that walking through the woods is not going to be smooth anyway especially when there are so many things to look at. The bumpiness grew on me and ultimately gave the piece a sense of reality and suspense. I then wanted to incorporate sounds that would tell the story rather than my video. I was limited with capturing sounds that would not typically be in the woods, therefore I got all of my sounds from freesound.org. I downloaded sounds such as a cow, car horn, lawn mower, and crying baby. I did not have a plan when putting the sounds together. The finished project brought to life a suspenseful, movie-like scene in a bare wooded area.
Throughout this piece, I wanted to explore the idea of sound just like Janet and George do. I wanted to take away the object that was making the noise and place the noises in a scene where one would not typically hear this noise. This way people would have to use their imagination in order to bring this journey through the woods to life. I am communicating these ideas through time-based media by telling a story through sounds juxtaposed with nature.
My artists inspired me to tell a story through sound rather than imagery. Similar to their work, I used the woods as a scene. I also conducted what the viewer sees and hears wile letting the audience bring their imagination to life. Instead of making an installation like Janet and George usually do, I took a few videos of the scene incorporating borrowed sounds in premiere.
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