The third phase of New Zealand artist Shannon Novak's global art project "Sound Fragments" is now on view at Plus Gallery along with select galleries across the world. Novak is exploring the link between colour, sound, shape, time, emotion, and social context with this global study. Each fragment is a visual representation of a single musical note; collectively, the individual notes manifest a sound wave that spreads sound fragments throughout gallery spaces around the world. Below is a more robust interpretation of the works as provided by Shannon:
The bars
The 12 vertical bars represent the 12 note names (or pitch) in the following order: A, Bb, B, C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, G#
The entire work therefore represents an octave (12 semitones) with notes named for their diatonic functionality.
The 12 vertical bars represent the 12 note names (or pitch) in the following order: A, Bb, B, C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, G#
The entire work therefore represents an octave (12 semitones) with notes named for their diatonic functionality.
The colours
The colour of the bars represents the emotional state of the musician who performs the notes. The emotional state could be positive, or negative. Take the colour red for example. This could be taken as representing a positive emotion (like love) or a negative emotion (like anger). So every colour has a positive and negative possibility. The title of your work has either a 'negative' or 'positive' in it - which will tell you whether your colour represents a positive or negative emotion. I have my own interpretation of what the emotion is (e.g. love, anger, joy etc) but rather than tell you - I would rather leave this aspect of the work to your own interpretation - as everyone has different associations with different colours.
The colour of the bars represents the emotional state of the musician who performs the notes. The emotional state could be positive, or negative. Take the colour red for example. This could be taken as representing a positive emotion (like love) or a negative emotion (like anger). So every colour has a positive and negative possibility. The title of your work has either a 'negative' or 'positive' in it - which will tell you whether your colour represents a positive or negative emotion. I have my own interpretation of what the emotion is (e.g. love, anger, joy etc) but rather than tell you - I would rather leave this aspect of the work to your own interpretation - as everyone has different associations with different colours.
The circles
The circles represent degrees of a positive or negative emotional state as experienced by the musician when performing. The more semicircles there are vertically - the more intense the emotional state.
The circles represent degrees of a positive or negative emotional state as experienced by the musician when performing. The more semicircles there are vertically - the more intense the emotional state.
So putting it all together - each work represents a note, or notes played by a musician in a particular emotional state with a particular level of emotional intensity.
Please note that our fragment will be sold to the highest bidder, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting PlatteForum, our favorite arts organization that brings the creative process to underserved youth throughout Denver.
For more information about the project, visit http://shannonnovak.com
New works at Plus, including Shannon Novak's sound fragment
No comments:
Post a Comment