06_Just wanna to......

Things go too far.

After completing the sculpture, I have reviewed the sounds I am going to insert. I cannot convince myself on many points. Even through I have mentioned many reasons in my research theoretical text, I get struck on my idea.

Why I need to place them in such a situation? Does the setting has any meaning? What is the relationship between the audiences and the sounds? If it is creating an experience, what is my objectives? How can I connect the audiences' activities with the sounds?

In the research theoretical text, I mentioned Pierre Schaeffer's sound object theory, a mode of listening that points sounds' own existence. Under this theory, making sounds becomes more unidentifiable is a good way to present this theory. I have made a short discussion with my friend. He thought sound object theory's power is on the musical aspect. Separating the sounds with their sound sources, it seems like the sound  from the instrument. From his point of view, sound object is telling the potential of the sounds, which can be music materials. After the discussion, whether sound object widens people's imagination on water pipes become my main question.

I am going to a wrong direction. I present my insight on the theory without any good solution. One of my ideas is the lack of starting points for the audiences to listen. In front of some "unfamiliar" sounds,  they do reject to listen and ignore the musical qualities, like the daily sounds we used to ignore. In spite of the inefficiency in practicing  the theory, it does not mean Pierre Schaeffer is
wrong. Sounds are real object. They have no agency and life. They are passive and depend on people's usage and response. Let take listening as an example. Some may think of its source while some may focus on its rhythm. It is free for us to choose the mode of listening because sound itself has no hint on the suitable mode of listening.

The environment I create does not promote any mode of listening. Audiences cannot learn to listen through the irregular water pipe sculpture. Moreover, the reduced listening is not the things I want to emphasize in my work. I just want to challenge people's perception on objects. To widen their imagination is the only thing I need to do. Suspect, I have stated in the text, is my approach to the objective. I increase more "identifiable" sounds, which have different relationships with water pipes and the work form. They present my fantasy on water pipes. They are also a good reminder that imply the rule in my work: All sounds have variable linkages with the object. With the "identifiable" sounds, "unidentifiable sounds" become a guess which encourages people think more on the object.

I don't know whether it is the best solution, but this change indeed is the strongest reason to convince myself.

Just wanna to make changes.