Reflection 6 – Graphic Scores

At the beginning of our audio file, we try to create an atmosphere where everything just starts and life gradually appears. So we drew some small and tiny Greek letters which were in the shape of waves to symbolize the sound of bubbles. Then the sound of bubbles will echo, which is alternatively shown as bigger waves in grey in our graphic scores.

After that (between the 60s and 180s), based on other Greek letters which were written in “A Fragment of Atlantis” by Hellanicus of Lesbos, we change the shapes of these alphabets to adapt them to our sound when the long and mysterious sound of the deep ocean comes out after the bubbles. The next period of sound (at around 180s-240s) is a combination of background sound (the sound of deep ocean), the sound of collapse, and the sound of explosion. During this period, we use twisted Greek characters to show the conflicts between the later-added sounds and the background sound.

Then (240s-280s) the other sounds besides the background sound disappear and the volume of the background sound becomes lower, which is presented as small Greek characters in graphic scores. At last (280s-300s), we drew the tiny Greek letters which are in the shape of waves again since the sound also comes back to the bubbling sound, ending in peace.