I Am Sitting In A Room Score

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I am sitting in a room score.

The others are gradually eliminated. At the same time the listener is asked to be an observer rather than participant in the. The score specifies a process that is to be followed to make a sonic realization. Through playback and recording of successive generations of his own voice the sound is washed until his talking is a pure harmonic.

The album starts with a relatively bland lucier i am sitting in a room but as the generations progress everything becomes a pure ambient. 2 from the score of chambers 1968. The inaugural volume in cabinet s new 24 hour book series i am sitting in a room written and designed in one day explores the scenography and architecture of writing itself inspired in part by georges perec s short fragment in species of spaces on antonello da messina s painting of st. I am sitting in a room is a multi media piece created in 1969 1970 by mary and alvin lucier and in its solo sound version is one of composer alvin lucier s best known works.

I am sitting in a room is an example of process music. The new recording is then played back and re recorded and this process is repeated. I am sitting in a room the same one you are in now. 1 from the score of i am sitting in a room 1969.

The audio section of the piece features alvin lucier recording himself narrating a text and then playing the tape recording back into the room re recording it. In i am sitting in a room several sentences of recorded speech are simultaneously played back into a room and re recorded there many times. As the repetitive process continues those sounds common to the original spoken statement and those implied by the structural dimensions of the room are reinforced. A contemporary score moma s recent acquisition of both i am sitting in a room and lucier s music for pure waves bass drums and acoustic pendulums 1980 continues the museum s dedication to representing the history of sound art within a broader context of 20th century artistic practice.

I am sitting in a room is alvin lucier s idea of pure sound experiments. Jerome in his study dillon s text is both a personal reflection on the theatrics of the study. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and i am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech with perhaps the exception of rhythm is destroyed. 4 alvin lucier and douglas simon chambers wesleyan university press middletown ct 1980.

The new recording is then played back and re recorded and. 3 from the score of vespers 1969. I am sitting in a room. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.