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A DAY IN THE RIVERCA, sound installation, 00:04:45, 2016.

Sound is everywhere around us. When someone hears "video work", they usually expect a visual image that the author offers them in that work. But what if there is no picture? What if the video work consists only of text and sound?


The word "sound" can be used in two different ways; as a physical definition where sound is a change in air pressure or another medium and as a perceptual definition where sound is the experience we have when we hear. In this paper, I deal with the perceptual definition of sound. Two important steps for perceiving are recognition and activity. Recognition is our ability to place an object in a certain category, which gives it meaning, and what introduces the observer to the situation is knowledge and experience. I'm interested in the listener's experience. With the text, I slowly introduce the participant to a kind of meditation. The goal is for him to completely relax his mind so that he can travel to another city and that only through sound.
 

Each of them will receive a brochure about the city they will visit, just like travelers get in travel agencies before their trip, only without pictures. I give the opportunity for the participants, guided by their knowledge and experience, to create mental images of what they hear. After listening to the sound, they can react in the reaction book. So they become part of that work.

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