We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Nodes and Passages, Long​-​play​/​Walk​-​through

from Circumaural by Salman Bakht

/

about

Nodes and Passages (2010) is a sonic art work that presents sounds associated with artistic creation in various visual media, from brushstrokes to mouse clicks and electric hum. Three versions of the work have been created: a sound installation, a concert piece, and an extended piece for distracted listening (included here). Originally designed for a staircase leading to an art gallery at The Cooper Union, the sound installation version of the work contains an array of speakers distributed along a walkway or public space with each speaker (or stereo pair) introducing a new artistic medium through the introduction of audio recordings associated with that medium. For example, audio recordings representing the artistic medium of drawing were made by placing a contact microphone on a piece of paper that was drawn on with pen. Similarly, collage is represented by recordings of paper being cut and ripped. However, rather than representing each artistic medium individually, the presented audio recordings accumulate and transform through audio processing and arrangement techniques representative of the newly introduced medium. These arranged and processed audio recordings, paired with the sound of the human voice (vocals by Katherine Saxon), are organized into continuous looped audio streams, referred to as “elements” herein. Each element is played through speakers that are placed such that the elements transition gradually as the audience walks through the installation space.

Nodes and Passages, Fixed Media is a four-channel fixed-media concert piece derived from the installation. While the sound installation distributes the eight elements of the work spatially through an array of speakers, Nodes and Passages, Fixed Media distributes these elements temporally, with a one-minute-long section of the piece devoted to each element. The concert piece makes use of the four-channel speaker system to provide the audience with the illusion of being within or moving through the various artistic materials presented.

The version of the work presented here, titled Nodes and Passages, Long-play / Walk-through, is intended for a “distracted listening” situation where the listener is expected to devote a relatively low level of attention to the piece. Lacking the time limitation present in a concert setting, this version of the work is much longer, with some elements lasting for several minutes.

credits

from Circumaural, released March 23, 2013
Voice: Katherine Saxon

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Salman Bakht image

Salman Bakht Atlanta, Georgia

Improvisation, soundscape composition, experimental computer music. Cryptic and Machiavellian.

contact / help

Contact Salman Bakht

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Salman Bakht, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now