I found the interconnectivity with this article to be the strongest information displayed that interested me. It speaks on japans own relationship with its culture and how that reflects its sound art scene. As well as the relationship with the western world in comparison to for example china avoids the western world and creates an island of itself.
An important part of the article was speaking on.
“Wabi-Sabi which is a Buddhist concept that the philosopher Muneyoshi Yanagi describes as the “beauty of irregularity.” In contrast to Western ideals, characterized by symmetry, equal temperament, purity of timbre, and four-square phrases, in Japan asymmetry imperfections, and incompleteness is considered to be attractive and articulations of beauty.”
I find this is something that has spread across western society, although originating in Japan. The modern age with faster internet and more accessible software and technology has enabled us to interact with other cultures without the need to be physically present in their society. Sampling is something we do not just in a literal sense as in music or visuals but in behaviours as well. DIY scenes across the west have definitely indirectly been doing a similar thing. It’s all about what can we do, not what cant we do. This in term allows things to now be as polished and appreciated for what they are. I do find a lot of sound practices spoken in this article are in relation to other forms and it’s apparent how they connect to the global sound art scene.
My piece currently is the idea of a sound collage of audio I associate with my sonic identity. This article spoke of a similar art practice that occurred in Japan. The composers Toru Takemitsu and Joji Yuasa. Collaborative spirit was perhaps most present in their works such as Another World (Mishiranu Sekai no Hanashi) (1953) made for automatic slide projector or auto-slide produced by the company that would eventually become Sony. The device, which consisted of a slide projector synchronized with a tape recorder, provided the perfect medium for combining abstract photography with musique concrete. The fact that sony before it was even called sony was involved in creating objects for installations shows you the importance of art in developing technology. Usually, technology is used to create obscure things that can in turn be turned into mass-produced products. I’m not speaking on whether I think this is a good or bad thing but rather the idea that art pushes technology forward. And the relationship between technology and art seem a present continuous thing. It seems art pishes technology and technology once it becomes accessible pushes more art to be created. My idea as I said above is similar to this. video and audio combined and to see how they would have done it is interesting. Perhaps I’ll do photos instead of videos. Maybe a video will take away from the piece?