monokhromist
vilnius sound locations - day 4 - skaiteks factory - the wall of proletariat's smokes
abandoned radio factory. boxes from popular soviet filterless cigarettes glued on the wall by worker from the past.
the first digital attempt. shot in spring 2012 with friend's panasonic DMC-FZ20, when my film camera was already unfunctional. this model didn't have option of shooting raw and the image quality was quite unsatisfying. converting to b&w and desizing helped a bit.
from the description of the workshop:
"Vilnius Sound Locations is a site specific workshop which deals with phenomenon of spatial memory of the place.
As in many cultures believed, each activity including thought resonates in space leaving a trace. Some traces sustain for seconds other for longer time and some seem never to leave a place. These strong spatial resonances play significant role in how we act in particular places. They also shape phisical architecture of spaces. By acting with open mind, deep concentration on presence and awareness of surrounding we are exposing ourselves to the flow of spatial memory, thus becoming both mediums of the past actions and true actors of the real moment.
A group of participants in given time explored indoor spaces using a set of simple tools like mallets, bows or anything found on location to discover sounds of the place. Listening and playing builds up personal relation to location and group. These acts of sound making manifest conscious presence and involvement into particular moment of timespace. There were no certain rules or premises on what and how should be done. All ideas arised exectly on sites. Buildings that house in space with its memories as a large instruments sounded for themselves.
This workshop practice is not intended to develop any form of postmodern art. It has to be visioned rather as meditation that opens perceptive capacities and blends inner and outer spaces into one, with care as deep as each one devotes."
some sounds from those four days are used in this recording:
soundcloud.com/user-antirealist/antireality-beekeeping-gh...
vilnius sound locations - day 4 - skaiteks factory - the wall of proletariat's smokes
abandoned radio factory. boxes from popular soviet filterless cigarettes glued on the wall by worker from the past.
the first digital attempt. shot in spring 2012 with friend's panasonic DMC-FZ20, when my film camera was already unfunctional. this model didn't have option of shooting raw and the image quality was quite unsatisfying. converting to b&w and desizing helped a bit.
from the description of the workshop:
"Vilnius Sound Locations is a site specific workshop which deals with phenomenon of spatial memory of the place.
As in many cultures believed, each activity including thought resonates in space leaving a trace. Some traces sustain for seconds other for longer time and some seem never to leave a place. These strong spatial resonances play significant role in how we act in particular places. They also shape phisical architecture of spaces. By acting with open mind, deep concentration on presence and awareness of surrounding we are exposing ourselves to the flow of spatial memory, thus becoming both mediums of the past actions and true actors of the real moment.
A group of participants in given time explored indoor spaces using a set of simple tools like mallets, bows or anything found on location to discover sounds of the place. Listening and playing builds up personal relation to location and group. These acts of sound making manifest conscious presence and involvement into particular moment of timespace. There were no certain rules or premises on what and how should be done. All ideas arised exectly on sites. Buildings that house in space with its memories as a large instruments sounded for themselves.
This workshop practice is not intended to develop any form of postmodern art. It has to be visioned rather as meditation that opens perceptive capacities and blends inner and outer spaces into one, with care as deep as each one devotes."
some sounds from those four days are used in this recording:
soundcloud.com/user-antirealist/antireality-beekeeping-gh...