by Janet Cardiff
This is a 13 minute binaural audio piece that guides participants through the sculpture park of the Louisiana Museum, (Denmark) with a walkman. The audience member listens to a collage of sounds that shift from what is perceived to be the actual sounds of the park to completely fabricated soundscapes. They also hear the sound of the body, footsteps, and voice of the person giving instructions and thoughts. The use of the headset and binaural sound creates an eerie personal space that the listener enters into, almost as if entering into someone else's mind and body. Even though the format plays with that of the museum audio tour the listener finds out very soon that they have become part of a virtual space that hovers between a science fiction thriller and a personal journey.
(note: the web documentation of Louisiana Walk #14 does not include an audio ...
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by Janet Cardiff
This is a 13 minute binaural audio piece that guides participants through the sculpture park of the Louisiana Museum, (Denmark) with a walkman. The audience member listens to a collage of sounds that shift from what is perceived to be the actual sounds of the park to completely fabricated soundscapes. They also hear the sound of the body, footsteps, and voice of the person giving instructions and thoughts. The use of the headset and binaural sound creates an eerie personal space that the listener enters into, almost as if entering into someone else's mind and body. Even though the format plays with that of the museum audio tour the listener finds out very soon that they have become part of a virtual space that hovers between a science fiction thriller and a personal journey.
(note: the web documentation of Louisiana Walk #14 does not include an audio component)
Work metadata
- Year Created: 1996
- Submitted to ArtBase: Wednesday Dec 22nd, 2004
- Original Url: http://www.abbeymedia.com/Janweb/louis.html
- Permalink: http://www.abbeymedia.com/Janweb/louis.html
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Work Credits:
- Luhring Augustine Gallery, creator
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