7/2 Reflections

Sound always exerts a particular fascination on me, because when you close your eyes, you are able to see nothing, but you still can hear the sounds which is around you, I feel like this is like a magic, also sound are very different with visual image. When I walk around my neighborhood, I close my eyes to listen for a while, I just realized that there are so many interesting sounds around me, even an unconspicuous action are very interesting too and it all could be part of my sound project. Also I did some reserche about sound art, 'In Western art early examples include Luigi Russolo's Intonarumor or noise intoners, and subsequent experiments by Surrealist the Situationist International, and in Fluxus happenings. Luigi Russolo (30 April 1885 – 6 February 1947) was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto The Art of Noises(1913).Luigi Russolo (30 April 1885 – 6 February 1947) was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto The Art of Noises(1913).' 

In my opinion, Luigi's sound artworks are very unique and I believe this is trying to break the traditional art and music style at that time. Art is trying to break the traditional way of doing art, because of Marcel Duchamp, I think art is changing, hence the art edcation should change to, because if art education still followed the old way of teaching, it is hard to explore more and more avant garde artists. Furthermore, I want to make a lesson plan based on this concept, I would like to ask students to paint something according to the music, like I will play music, from classical music to pop music and some are from students background, like some music from Japan, China and etc. While they are listening to this music, they should close their eyes and then after the music is finish, pick up one or more than one music which give you a strong impression, then start to paint based on this music, It could be a representational artworks or abstract painting. But must put some elements from your own culture in your artworks.This class is more focusing on how to do your artworks more freedom and by spontaneously, because in my opinion, art is not about how to obtains a mastery technique skills, it is more about how to explore yourself. Based on Sigmund Freud’ structural model of the psyche define the three parts of the psychic apparatus id, Ego and Superego. The id is the primitive and instinctive component of personality. According to the id, I want to help students to explore their id in this art class, think about how to doing art by their nature. Furthermore,the reason why music combined with art, because I want to develop their potential creativity.