I was considering my sonic landscape. How do I engage with my environment and what do I consider my sonic landscape? I also thought about identity. Spread across my work it’s the main thing. DIY is about me and my scene. My friends. I don’t do this alone. Community strives.
My first idea is based on the pressures of social media. The need as an artist to communicate and promote your work through Instagram. The viewers who watch my stories but never engage. Social media gives you the idea of society watching you, choosing when to engage. The all-seeing eyes create pressure. Everything is shown on social media every day and it gives me anxiety. This installation would have the eyes of multiple people but not show their faces. The same way we see them on social media, a username not a person. And I would play in a multi-speaker setup the comments of users whispering and layering above the and around the all-seeing eyes. Inviting the mobile visitor to walk around the space to attempt to focus on the whispers produced through the loudspeakers.
This second idea was based on thinking about identity and my sonic environments. I want to hide three mobile live streaming boxes around Brighton. Where I have spent a lot of time and experienced positive things. Places I would consider my defining sonic environment. I would live stream the boxes into Locusonus and play them 24hrs 7 days a week. Due to the spontaneity of this installation, it would allow the mobile visitor to want to revisit the installation to see how it evolves throughout the week. I would decorate the space of each speaker with photos and information on the location. History to my sonic landscape and identity to me and my scene or friends.