Sam Auinger a ‘Sonic Thinker’ meaning he basis his philosophy upon his aural experience of the world. He often focuses in on the idea of Urban Planning. I connect to the idea of this as I can appreciate his understanding for using all the sound we have around us. This was reflected in his 1998 installation piece ‘MASS MoCA’. He used the existing car sounds taken from a road bridge and built a speaker which would play the sound of live traffic and turn it into a cloud of sound. What once was known to separate the town from the museum had now become what’s known as a harmonic cathedral! I think this shows Auinger’s ambition to not only reunite society physically but also reunite lost noise and noise we become aware of. Using the sound to create such a harmonic humming reflects his views on sonic thinking and using the sound in which is around us. I hope to use this in the future by either creating sound with field recordings or existing sound. He not only uses singular sounds but also engineers them to become something enjoyable and easy to the ear; linking back to his efforts to reunite lost sound and sound we consciously hear. He closely works alongside artist Bruce Odland together becoming ‘O+A’ where they closely focus upon hearing perspective within large public spaces. Creating work such as Sonic commons bringing many foregrounds as to why and how people perceive sound within urban spaces. Making noise into conscious listening! https://vimeo.com/71463497
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