For Listening and Reading Response 9, the artist that was provided for us to listen to and explore their philosophy was Holly Herdnon. First, I listened to her piece which I felt was expressive in the sense that she’s using her voice to create a different type of voice that’s heard by the audience which made me resonate with it from a physical sense. I know that there are a lot of limitations to the human voice and by extending it through digital means, the voice is altered to meet the desired voice. This time of rhythm that’s produced by the voice is inhumane, yet sounds so organic through allowing some low frequencies pass through where the voice of the artist can be heard. It can also be noted that she utilizes her computer in her performance very extensively as if it was a part of her as she mentions. This type of laptop intimacy kind of creates the impression that digital and analog can be one and the same. From this, I was also inspired to possibly add this to my final project with Bruce as an installation in one of the hour times.
Her relation with her computer is also very interesting in the sense that she treats the computer as if the computer has a personal voice. This type of relation was exhibited in using the circuit sniffer to create such noise which was very dynamic in creating the relation between the two. The visuals also added to her performance as she mentions that it’s a part of the voice of the computer which I fully agree with. All in all, I felt as if this was a great instrument, technique, and relationship as the intimacy was developed in a way that didn’t seem to artificial but more personal.
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