The first sound in this piece drew me in an puzzled me at the same time. Turned out to be a drill screwing parts of the art together, but I couldn't tell at first. So I'm now intrigued.
It took us a bit to get to Jane, the featured artist, but from then on she is the central figure and reporter Amy Jeffries, through her choice of actualities, gives Jane the role of
co-narrator.
The piece shows how the worlds of art and industry collide AND collaborate. Trial and error, problem solving.
By keeping an ambient sound bed under the whole story, Amy keeps us in the factory where it all takes place anyway. While I often tend away from all ambience all the time, it works here.
I am still trying to decipher if Amy said Jane "rolls" or "roams" through the factory, so a little better enunciation would have helped me follow the story.
The piece generates listener interest through elements of excitement and forward momentum.
Review of Artist Embedded in Fire Alarm Factory
Tripp Sommer
Posted on February 03, 2005 at 06:52 AM
The first sound in this piece drew me in an puzzled me at the same time. Turned out to be a drill screwing parts of the art together, but I couldn't tell at first. So I'm now intrigued.
It took us a bit to get to Jane, the featured artist, but from then on she is the central figure and reporter Amy Jeffries, through her choice of actualities, gives Jane the role of
co-narrator.
The piece shows how the worlds of art and industry collide AND collaborate. Trial and error, problem solving.
By keeping an ambient sound bed under the whole story, Amy keeps us in the factory where it all takes place anyway. While I often tend away from all ambience all the time, it works here.
I am still trying to decipher if Amy said Jane "rolls" or "roams" through the factory, so a little better enunciation would have helped me follow the story.
The piece generates listener interest through elements of excitement and forward momentum.