The relationship between sound and the environment is complex. How we present musical or sound works has a profound effect on the way we perceive them, and the way we perceive the performance or installation environment. Composers and sound artists can exploit and explore this fundamental relationship between sound and environment through creative works. From utilising a place's acoustic properties to exploring its cultural significance, the artist has access to a palette of resources to transform the audience's conceptualisation of sound and environment. When creating a work that explores a sound-environment relationship, it is important that we then ask how the work can engage with its performance or installation environment, how it can be adapted to different environments, and how it can transform a space into place. A range of approaches exploring and integrating sound-environment relationships into musical and sound works are investigated in this thesis. A practice-based methodology has been adopted, where I have iteratively contextualised and critically reflected upon my own creative practice. This has produced a portfolio of creative works, software and a written commentary. Emerging from the portfolio and works examined throughout this research, a typology of sound-environment relationships is proposed. In conclusion, an assessment is given of how the typology and portfolio each address the research questions. General conclusions are then presented, further discussing how to approach works with sound-environment relationships and suggestions for their possible applications. Finally, potential research beyond this thesis is also discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:691367 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Dooley, James |
| Publisher | Birmingham City University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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