Introduction
The title of this blog refers to a collection of essays by French theorist Roland Barthes, 'Image, music, text', which includes the seminal 'Death of the Author', upon the relevance of which I shall later dwell. At this point I shall only note, that the transition from reader to perceiver to author, is of the utmost importance in my further writings.
The focus of this blog will lie primarily in the field of sound arts practice, but by no means exclude art in any media, should its content be of interest to me. Therefore, within these pages you may expect to find everything from experimental music and noise to sculpture and installation, and essays and books to visual art and video art, alongside such sound arts as acousmatic music, interactive instruments, soundscape composition, sound performance and installation, visual and conceptual scores, and all that lies between and beyond.
Its purpose is to document art that I encounter, and describe my experience of it. The importance lies within the concept, and how I as an individual perceive it, in the hope of building wider discussions with any of my readers, who may interact differently, or similarly, and to ultimately assess the level of which our backgrounds, education or experience affect our viewing and listening.
As I begin this journey, I will be reviewing and rewriting previous notes I have made on this topic, posting a variety of essays I have written in the past, and my own ventures in sound. Due to the quantity of this, it is impractical for me to post chronologically. However, once this task of sorting through my past relationship with art dwindles, my posts to this blog will be regular, discuss projects, which are current, and will be chronological to the date when I discover the topic in question.
I include a search bar, where exhibitions, artists, and key words may be searched for within this blog, to simplify the process for the blogee.Please do not hesitate to contact me with any comments or enquiries, I would be most curious to hear them.
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