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| “ Modern man is beginning to inhabit a world
with an acoustic environment radically different from any he has previously known. These new sounds, which differ in quality and intensity from those in the past alert us to the indiscriminate and imperialistic spread of more and larger sounds into every corner of man’s life. Noise pollution is now a world problem. The world soundscape has reached an apex of vulgarity in our time…. Universal deafness is the ultimate consequence.” R. Murray Schafer, The Soundscape, 1977. Sound designer and music producer Brian Harvey (stage name Brian d’Souza) in collaboration with visual artist and filmmaker Ling Lee present ‘Noises’, an improvised audiovisual performance. Using a mixture of live found sound recording, instrumentation, innovative visuals and cross media improvisation techniques, the performance highlights the exponential rise of auditory and visual noise in our world today. The performance, which is roughly 45mins long, is split into four main sections listed below: 1. The Natural Soundscape: Nature’s voice (Symphonies of the world) 2. The Human Soundscape: Hi-fi (Human Rhythm) 3. The Post-industrial Soundscape: Lo-fi (The drone) 4. The Electric Soundscape: Crescendo of noise We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the PRS foundation:  |
