John Cage about silence

"I love sounds just as there are, and i have no need for them to be no more than what they are," says John cage who is very famous artist who really likes sounds. From the interview i watched in the class, I could feel that he is a person who really love every sound. I learned that sound can be longer, shorter and louder(etc). Also, he mentioned that all the sounds are unpredictable, so every sound is very interesting. He says silence and other sounds have more meaning than music has. From the idea, I learned that if people listen to other sounds carefully then they can feel many kinds of emotions more than they can feel from music.

notes(1/29) Things that i learned

vocab
Intervention: sound interject not normally heard in that space.
EX) silence

listen to three different places
1)fore: loud/clear
2)mid:
3)back:lower character/ echo muffled reverberation (소리의) 반향[잔향]

*sound can be bounced by surfaces
EX)wet place(more still) and dry place(splashing sound)

How to Create Space:
*contrast in two different things
-clarity/character
-volume/ amplitude

John Cage(father of time art) about silence

Three places where I visited

Everyday, I hear and listen many kinds of sound, but I usually do not listen to them carefully.
Today, I tried to listen carefully every sound that I can hear in three places for homework.
The first place where I visited is the library in Syracuse University. In the library, I heard the voices of people, the sound of quick light footsteps, a sound of dragging chairs and a sound of flipping through pages of books. All of sounds were indistinct because of the loud music from my I-pod.
The second place where I went is the parking lot which located in front of my apartment. I could hear a faint sound of engine, a noise of a car staring up, a sound of folding the plastic bag, a sound of knocking, a noise of wind and sound of turning signal. My key clicked as it turned in the lock. The doorbell went ding-dong.
Last place where I stayed is Turning Stone Casino. In the place, The hall is alive with chatter and laughter, and I heard many kinds of languages such as Korean, Chinese, Japanese and English. I heard sound of rumbling from my stomach, my heart beating in my chest, machine noise,a sound of clicking heels and a set of pipes. I was alarmed at the sudden noise from a man who set next me.
From the assignment, I realized that there are many kinds of interesting sounds which i often ignore. I decided to research and study many kinds of sound for my projects.

Three things that i most learned in class on last friday(Jan,22,2010)

On Friday morning, I went to FND111. At first, I had no idea about Time Art. After i finished the class, i learned many things about Time Art. First, I realized that audio, video and images are very important for Time Art. For example, people can feel strong emotion from audio and video. Second, I realized that people can describe and express everything through Time Art. Third, from videos which my professor showed me during the class, i thought that i have to practice and learn how to use the I-movie and Mac to make a great video with fantastic sound as other students did last year.

Objective

1) Research

2)Technical proficiency

3)History/contemporary/theories/criticality

4)Formal vocabulary/terms