audio

Audio--or lack of--can really hurt a piece. It can make the piece less of a success. Two examples we saw in class were the one where the artist took all the information from the day on his computer and just let it play. The sound was very annoying. The images were interesting though and I was glad when Carl finally let the piece play on mute. I wanted to walk out of there as the sound was playing. The other piece was the one with the rolling footage of the woman. The loud repetitive sound wasn't too bad, but seemed too loud and took away from the visual part of the work. It sounded like being in a factory. The fact that that piece's visual images seemed to pause shortly with the sound as it rolled along was distracting. I wonder why some people make the choices they do about their sound in the work they do...it seems some would be better off with different sound or no sound.