drawing: sound

"Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" by William Anastasi , video tape on wall

Nick Sowers 2008, Sound:line:form

Paul Chan

John Cage (1912 – 1992 ) Chance procedures

Treatise Page183 www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/picturesofmusic/ www.spiralcage.com/improvMeeting/treatise.html “Bear in mind that parts of the score may be devoid of direct musical relevance.” - Cornelius Cardew, Treatise Handbook, p.iv col 1 pp.4

Corneius Cardew, Treatise Page 3

Alan Mitelman, Untitled 1982.

John Cage, Williams Mix, 1962.

John Cage, Fontana Mix, 1958.

David Blackburn

John Cage

See pictures of music at:

http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/picturesofmusic/

http://www.spiralcage.com/improvMeeting/treatise.html

Sound:line:form

Sound drawing
www.maap.org.au/artist_profiles.php?id=16

GFisher, sound drawings
www.myspace.com/gfisherart

http://conductor.tumblr.com/
Gestural drawing is transposed into an audio signal via the Blind Eye Organ. Using the conductive properties of graphite on paper, wired pencils connect and disconnect an electronic circuit to produce sound. The sound signal performed by drawing is processed as an out of control source sound via various sound machines in real time. The drawn line initiates the pitch, timing, and duration of the sounds and materialises the sound event. The drawing becomes a visual trace of an ephemeral sonic past.

tom marioni “my first drum brush drawings are the result of rubbing and beating with steel wire drum brushes (like jazz drummers use) against a large sheet of sandpaper. the steel is transferred to the paper over a long period of time and the brushing on the sandpaper makes a rasping sound. the action is repetitive like that of a knife against a sharpening stone. the left hand makes a single arc, up and down, while the right hand moves in a circle-like motion in the shape of a violin or an artist’s palette. over the years the drawings have changed only slightly, like handwriting changes as personality evolves. this becomes a kind of talking drumming, played on a hollow-core drawing board. the result is a pictorial record of the sound activity, a marriage of art and music. during a drawing/drumming session, because of the repetition of sound and action a trance state can occur and i can see elements of fantasy in the marks.