This nearly one and a half hour video about the history of sound art fully describes many works of sound art from the early 20th century to the present, and also contains some ideas and interviews of sound artists.

Sound art can be traced back to the Futurist Luigi Russolo’s noise machine. Then dada and surrealist artists also tried the art of using sound. Marcel Duchamp’s Erratum Musical uses three singing notes pulled from his hat, which seems arbitrary and has an impact on John Cage’s composition. John Cage wrote the 4’33 “silent score of 4 minutes and 33 seconds in 1952.

In the 1950s and 1960s, visual artists and composers such as Bill Fontana began to use dynamic sculpture and electronic media to overlap live and pre recorded sounds to explore the surrounding space.

Since the introduction of digital technology, sound art has experienced a complete change. Artists can now create visual images based on sound, allowing viewers to control art through pressure pads, sensors and voice activation.

I heard a lot of sounds in the video, including field recording, musical instrument sound, human voice, electronic sound, etc. I felt the ideas and Inspiration of these artists for sound art, and they made efforts for this way of art. When I listen to these sounds for the second time, I can even see the pictures of artists creating these sounds in my mind. With the different periods, the sound art will have different feelings for me. Now, with the development of the Internet, more and more artists will create new sound art. I think the sound art in the future will become more thoughtful and creative.

In our world, many things cannot lack sound. Sound is like water and air to me, which is very significant.

Sound arts can be applied in many fields, such as movies, VR, games and installations, etc. So I think sound occupies a part of the power in human occupations and activities.

The Shining which directed by Stanley Kubrick is a horror movie I like. The soundtrack of this film is very scary. If I just watch the screen and don’t listen to the sound, I don’t think it’s very terrible. With the development of current technology, many films now have good soundtrack and sound effects. Today’s films have developed very well both visually and acoustically.

In addition, I think sound art is very complex and difficult to explain, but it can be a state or a medium to build a bridge between the audience and the author. I think sound art can be divided into traditional and non-traditional. The traditional is a very direct form of expression such as some music. The other non-traditional is like some artists’ installation, which are combined in sound and digital media to show the audience the uniqueness and non replicability of sound art.

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All in all, I think the sound is also related to people themselves. Maybe young and old people will hear different sound, and men and women are different. The sound can also recall memories. Just like being in a foreign land, when we hear the songs of our homeland, we may have the idea of missing. So sound art is hard to explain.