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Words. The units of speech that somehow articulate our thoughts. The vehicle through which we are writing these very sentences and reading these very phrases. Words function as such a common currency to our society today that it would be hard to imagine a structured civilisation without their existence. What is it that makes words so inherently fundamental to our everyday lives?  The fact that they are so expressive. They evoke emotion,  they communicate feeling, they manifest reaction, they encourage sentiment,  they produce consequences. As expressive building blocks to how we perceive and respond to our surroundings, words are an imperative force with an often underestimated weight. Because words are so expressive, it only makes sense to connect them to another form of fundamental human expression: art. By simply looking at the words that are brought to mind after reading a favourite poem, it is easy to see a visual image appear in one’s mind—a fleeting scene, a poignant colour, a comforting room. The effect words have on art and art has on words is a relationship that can be better explored and dissected. In the image above we see two words that form onomotapoeia, the sounds of a working clock. The ‘T’s have been turned into a grandfather clock’s pendulums, and the simple modifications made through this graphic art express and give life to the meaning behind an already suggestive sound.

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Words in Sounds: Janet Cardiff

Expanding on the previous notion that words function as an expressive means of transport, I will examine words in their sound form, investigating questions such as how do we pick up on fragments of sound? And what is the importance of context to how we respond to what is being communicated to us? Finding Janet Cardiff’s work extremely interesting, the “sculptural soundscapes” that she creates by mapping a out a world over a pre-existing one raises questions about how we perceive reality through word usage. Though her physical presence is unfelt, her audio presence is nearly tangible. The sounds she attaches to the track in addition to her voice produce a complex overlapping of not only sounds, but meanings through the words she conveys. Depending on the subject’s context, however, these meanings are liable to change. I believe we pick up on fragments of sound through the contextual clues we are faced with. One fragment of sound compared to another fragment can have two completely different connotations; the heard words are contingent on the specific social and historical structures we are surrounded by. Attached is a link from one of Cardiff’s audio soundscapes called “Her Long Black Hair,” in which sounds of the city, the murmur of its people, and Cardiff’s leading voice guides you through a fictitious reality that is at once thrilling and unnerving. Click on the excerpts to experience how words function as expressive meanings of sound and through certain frames of reference.

http://www.cardiffmiller.com/artworks/walks/longhair.html