The subway becomes the contemporary Tower of Babel in this amazing sound montage resonant of Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, but at the same time far more diverse and yet ultimately highly focused and message-laden. Ms. Weber's amazing ear and audio editing and mixing ability bring a montage of international voices from people's descriptions of their feelings about riding the subway to an ultimate and moving conclusion as "intimate strangers" mix in a chaos theory mode to in the end finding themselves in the anonymity of the sea of humanity.
Judith Weber's innovative use of sound, and her recognition that the audio representations of biofeedback can be intriguing in their own right, are to be praised for their conceptual achievement and innovation.
The piece can have an hypnotic effect on those who are open to it, and for those who are closed, or even antagonistic, those reactions are worth experiencing as well.
The artistry of this piece begins with an archetype, the apple, and explores its sensuality through sound. I think it works beautifully as an evocative interstitial element in a far more effective way that the typical musical interludes do.
Comments by Alan Adelson
Comment for "Subway of Mind"
Alan Adelson
Posted on April 21, 2009 at 12:40 AM | Permalink
Wim Wenders, make way for Judith Weber
The subway becomes the contemporary Tower of Babel in this amazing sound montage resonant of Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, but at the same time far more diverse and yet ultimately highly focused and message-laden. Ms. Weber's amazing ear and audio editing and mixing ability bring a montage of international voices from people's descriptions of their feelings about riding the subway to an ultimate and moving conclusion as "intimate strangers" mix in a chaos theory mode to in the end finding themselves in the anonymity of the sea of humanity.
Comment for "TRACES"
Alan Adelson
Posted on April 21, 2009 at 12:26 AM | Permalink
Beyond the real, virtual, and artificial, into art
Judith Weber's innovative use of sound, and her recognition that the audio representations of biofeedback can be intriguing in their own right, are to be praised for their conceptual achievement and innovation.
The piece can have an hypnotic effect on those who are open to it, and for those who are closed, or even antagonistic, those reactions are worth experiencing as well.
Comment for "FairyTapples" (deleted)
Alan Adelson
Posted on April 21, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Square route to misperception (deleted)
The artistry of this piece begins with an archetype, the apple, and explores its sensuality through sound. I think it works beautifully as an evocative interstitial element in a far more effective way that the typical musical interludes do.