Conatus: La Nuit du Danseur, or in English, Conatus: The Night of the Dancer, is an intriguing video by French multi-media artist Boris Achour. A tap dancer wearing a luminous mask moves alone by night …
I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while [thing], that [it] was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, …
We often feel we must choose between representation of the external and expression of the internal. Can’t we enjoy both? With the advent of the digital camera ideas about image …
My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony. …
Video art is a relatively new artistic medium which came about in the 1960s and 70s. Unlike its close relative, film, it does not rely on theatrical convention. Video art …
When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet! —Shalom Harlow
Daft Punk became popular in the 1990s and is credited with some of the biggest hits of the French house music scene, including Phoenix and Rollin’ and Scratchin’. Audiences in …
The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds – the birds were chickens …
The suppression of natural sound in modern cities creates isolation. Can music help us reconcile the technological and the natural? It is a treat to hear birds sing or listen …
The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for—sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive, or …
