When I saw it for an hour and six, I heard a sound like snoring. I was curious whether it was snoring, so I searched Chris Watson outside the circle of fire, which is an album composed of 22 songs. The first song is called Waiting. Chris is close to a baobab tree and records the purr of the cheetah sleeping. In his album, I can hear the sound of many natural animals and feel that they are nearby.
His recording made me feel that I had ignored the noise pollution around me and felt that I had returned to the primitive forest. I feel that his works also draw our attention to the seriousness of the current environmental problems.
Then I heard Susan Philipsz’s work Lowlands in this historical video. Her work is a Scottish folk song, which is installed under the bridge through the horn. Singing, the voice of people on and under the bridge and the sound of water are integrated into one, which has become the sound part of this work.
After watching this work, her song has been around my ears. It feels like a lullaby. And I watched the video about this work. I think there is a relationship between the sound of the horn under the bridge and the waveform of the water, because the sound also has waveform. I think Susan’s works are very good, and her way of expression can be worth learning.
From the past to the present, many sound artists have made outstanding contributions to this art. They are all role models that I can learn from. I think the sound art in the future will become more extensive and can be integrated and accepted by the public.