Today we were introduced to the idea of ‘deep listening’, listening to everything that we can hear and writing it down, ignoring the sources of the sound and focussing on the properties of the sounds themselves. I found myself smiling as the brief was being presented to us, as I already know exactly what it is that I will be recording; my tinnitus. I have already begun to look into my condition by drawing what I can hear, but this time, the act of recording through words was really challenging. How do you describe sounds without saying what it is? Footsteps Door Slamming Cough The campus library was the setting. As much as I tried to concentrate on the other sounds in the library, due to it being such a quiet place, there was an overriding sound that just wouldn’t go away. Surprise surprise. By writing down what I hear I am beginning an editorial process; it cannot be a ‘complete’ recollection as it isn’t possible to write down absolutely everything. It is an impossible text. White noise; that is my tinnitus. The more I was concentrating, the more overwhelming it became. I still found myself drawing what I could hear, tracing a path across my notes. We are being encouraged to use sound as a material, and consider it as a substance to work with, so I am now considering starting a ‘listening diary’, where I can continue to make recordings of what I can hear, through words and through drawings. Since nobody else can hear what I hear, it is tricky to make a sound recording of it; if only I could shove the recorder in my ear; it unfortunately doesn't work like that.
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AuthorThird Year BA Hons Fine Art student studying at Falmouth University Archives
April 2017
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