FLUCTUATIONS IN SOUND
An artists exploration of the inaudible sounds and experience of Tinnitus
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Saturday, 10 January 2015
an attempt at naming and visually simulating vaious Tinnitus sounds
Friday, 9 January 2015
fluctuations in sound: "...a great noise started up in my ears, a noise ...
"...a great noise started up in my ears, a noise ...: "...a great noise started up in my ears, a noise that was triple or rather quadruple, compounded of a low and muffled humming, a so...
Saturday, 6 December 2014
"...a great noise
started up in my ears, a noise that was triple or rather quadruple,
compounded of a low and muffled humming, a softer murmuring as though of
running water, a piercing whistle...This internal noise was so loud
that it robbed me of the keen ear I had previously enjoyed and made me,
not completely deaf, but hard of hearing... in spite of the throbbing in
my arteries and the humming in my ears, which since that time, some
thirty years ago now, have never left me for a moment...The noise was
irksome, but it caused me no suffering: it was not accompanied by any
chronic affliction, apart from insomnia at night..."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "Confessions" (1780) P. 222, Oxford World's Classics paperback edition, Oxford University Press, 2000
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "Confessions" (1780) P. 222, Oxford World's Classics paperback edition, Oxford University Press, 2000
Thursday, 4 December 2014
descriptions of sounds
ringing, hissing, shussshing, static, crickets, screeching, sirens, whooshing, roaring, pulsating, waves, beating, buzzing, clicking, clicking, flufffing, pinging.....
ringing, hissing, shussshing, static, crickets, screeching, sirens, whooshing, roaring, pulsating, waves, beating, buzzing, clicking, clicking, flufffing, pinging.....
the challenge of describing in words the noises I hear
During the last year I was asked to participate in a project by a colleague of mine called Cally Trench. I was asked to make small drawings over a week, which would contribute to work of many artists and placed together to create a massive show of the work of 51 guest artists, who each made a drawing a day for a week over a period of a year.
My drawings were about how I hear the sounds of Tinnitus, they were an attempt to draw and verbalise what I hear.
Sounds I hear in words
tinnitus, from the Latin word tinnitus meaning ringing, tinnire to ring
tintinnabulation, a ringing or tinkling sound - "don't you just love this word"
Arvo Part - Fur Alina
tintinnabulation, a ringing or tinkling sound - "don't you just love this word"
Arvo Part - Fur Alina
How the project began
I discovered I had Tinnitus some years ago, I remember initially thinking the noise was coming from outside my body, perhaps some interference from some telegraph wires or the fridge or someone had left the radio on.
Since then I have had hearing tests and found nothing was wrong with my hearing, so I have begun to realise that I need to find a way of living with these sounds. and this is where Fluctuations in Sound began to develop.
I am an artist who works with performance installation and
I discovered I had Tinnitus some years ago, I remember initially thinking the noise was coming from outside my body, perhaps some interference from some telegraph wires or the fridge or someone had left the radio on.
Since then I have had hearing tests and found nothing was wrong with my hearing, so I have begun to realise that I need to find a way of living with these sounds. and this is where Fluctuations in Sound began to develop.
I am an artist who works with performance installation and
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