System ID:
9
Title:
Sounds You Can Touch
Author:
Robert J. Gluck
Author 2:
Author 3:
Degree:
Master of Fine Arts
Year:
2001
Pages:
85
University:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Supervisor:
Neil B. Rolnick
Semail:
Supervisor 2:
Thesis committee members: Mary Anne Staniszewski (RPI), Curtis Bahn (RPI) and Andra McCartney (Concordia University)
Language:
English
Dept:
Arts Department: Integrated Electronic Arts at Rensselaer (iEar)
Copyright:
Robert J. Gluck
Lang_author:
English
Url:
Thesis not on line; documentation of the project is at: http://www.electricsongs.com/SoundsofaCommunity/
Email:
gluckr@albany.edu
Keywords:
installation sound interactive religion electronic music judaism
Abstract:
Sounds You Can Touch documents the interactive sound installation, Sounds of a Community (2001). Sounds recorded in a synagogue, the Woodstock Jewish Congregation, are played back in the synagogue sanctuary. The sounds, often digitally processed, are heard as a result of visitor interaction with sound sculptures, modeled upon traditional Jewish ritual objects. The manner of interaction draws upon familiar physical gestures associated with Jewish prayer and religious ritual. The range of interaction is determined through pre-composed structures and sounds. The goal is to create a vehicle by which visitors, using interactive electronic music technologies, may explore the nature of religious ritual and appreciate the musical qualities of sounds of an environment.
Last update:
Aug 29 2004
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