MULTICULTURAL SOUNDS: photo and sound

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Monday, June 3, 2013

CARLY MEREDITH

GenerationX

2013

3:34

photo and sound

GenerationX explores multiculturalism by presenting a collection of ideas and conversations from my peers and this youth’s generation. The piece first explores how a group of friends spend their free time and “relax.” I then explored the conversations that occur about our cultures and other unfamiliar cultures to us. I believe my generation is trapped between the old and the new; caught up in the whirling world of forever-progressing technology and societal problems. We seem to still be at the point where we’re leaving the politics up to the older generation. I explore the diversity and the uniqueness of this generation in America today.

DAKOTA NANTON

Color Blindness Suite: i. green (hope), ii. red (fear), iii. blue (assimilate)

2013

4:40

photo and sound

"Color blindness" is a term that has been used in an idealized manner regarding intercultural relations for years. Rather than embracing and accepting the differences that make us unique, we should learn not to notice them altogether. This multipart sound suite creates a dialogue about the struggle for homogeny and assimilation, and its inherent dangers through appropriated sound clips from television commercials, popular and world music, as well as documentaries and public service announcements.

JACOB FROELICH

Hello?

2013

3:02

photo and sound

In this piece, I explore the relationship of people and their cell phones. In America cell phones reflect the owners, culture, relationships, daily schedules, habits, personal tastes, and just about everything else about them. Some of us turn to our cell phones when we are uncomfortable or hide in them when we are unsure. This creates a separation in our lives, which prevents each other in. If we just listen to each other, our sounds will stop clashing and start blending.

JOSEPH DRYER

God Brings the Devil

2013

4:29

photo and sound

My piece relates to multiculturalism in the way religion causes feuds between communities and societies. The piece expresses the feeling that with god comes the devil. This thought alone drives people to do horrifying things. It is the negative side of religion that I am trying to portray.

KAI CASEY

Television

2013

1:47

photo and sound

Multiculturalism has to do with several different cultures, that aren’t blended together, in one society. I believe television is a great medium to find multiculturalism. Every single country in the world has television. The television stations in every country reflect the different cultures in that country. I recorded advertisements (which have to appeal to several different cultures), the news (which is universal and usually appeals to many cultures), and FRIENDS (a popular TV show which had great success around the world). I believe this is partially an accurate reflection of multiculturalism in the United States.

MCKENZIE MORSE

Everyone Has Rain

2013

4:08

photo and sound

I wanted to collaborate my sound piece with a talented musician and friend, Tyler Sicilia. This song is a collaboration of different musical stereotypes of what multiculturalism means in Hollywood cinema. Beginning with a traditional Spanish and Asian riff, then ending with a cheesy soft rock riff with rain accompanying it. Essentially I wanted to portray how much we, as a culture, rely on basic sounds to distinguish what culture Hollywood wants to portray in the films we watch.

MIRANDA WHITLEY

What do you see?

2013

4:49

photo and sound

The piece What do you see? explores the ideas and perceptions of a diverse group of people when confronted with the same experience of viewing a world map. Every individual response to the map and to the question “What do you see?” was recorded in one-on-one interviews, and the answers were shortened, edited, and recompiled to simulate a group conversation. Their voices represent a variety of different countries and cities, economic conditions, ages, and cultural subgroups. The work allows the viewer to glimpse the diverse worldviews of people in Boulder, Colorado, and invites them to consider the project's question: What do you see?

SAMANTHA SABINE

The Angst of Wanderlust

2013

3:18

photo and sound

My sound art brings up the idea of being an American and wanting to explore the world, but simultaneously possessing a ridiculous anxiety about travelling. Media attention makes the rest of the world seem like a dangerous place. I feel this particular idea hinders opportunities to actually experience multiculturalism, and “expand out horizons.”. Speaking stereotypically, it “appears” that if an American female were to travel, she would be a victim to the violence of the other areas of the world or be abducted on the spot. This sound art piece represents the potential angst behind this desire to travel [wanderlust].

STEVIE SCHAFER

mantra & how to feel unguilt

2013

3:27

photo and sound

My piece “mantra & how to feel unguilt” addressed multiculturalism by capturing privilege. This is white, male, socio-economically healthy, heterosexual, non-disabled privilege. It is the king of all privileges. The words “everybody’s equal” are a subconscious record that replays in the minds of the privileged. How can one be so blind to the ease of living? So unwilling to admit that experience is not equal across the board? This piece explores the cracks of privilege via the mantra that ties it together.

TAYLOR HENRY

Culture Boom

2013

3:32

photo and sound

My piece addresses multiculturalism through the sounds from around the world. In the song, there are bongos playing as well as a rain stick. Rain sticks are a sacred tribal instruments mainly used in African areas. My piece also has a little Latin flare to it.

TEDDI TOSTANOSKI

Bon Appétit

2013

3:55

photo and sound

Bon Appétit addresses the idea that it is possible for parts of outside cultures to be integrated into another culture. International foods are an aspect of outside cutlures that American society has fully allowed into our cuisine. The interesting aspect of exploring multiculturalism in this manner is why various types of food are accepted in the US. Why is it that a taco bell, clearly a rendition of Hispanic food, next to a KFC, an emblem of the American life? Why are Hindu restaurants just as popular as Pakistani restaurants? The fact of the matter is that these places still coexist within American society—they embody multiculturalism in its finest form.

TIANA SEGALAS

A Day in NYC

2013

3:09

photo and sound

My work addresses multiculturalism because New York City is the home to many different cultures. One always experiences the different cultures whether they are in the subway, at a baseball game, in central park, or even just walking around the streets.

ERIC SUTFIN

ERIC SUTFIN

A Hot Meal

2013

3:42

video and sound

I believe that my work addresses multiculturalism by addressing a Korean ritual that is still present within the United States today. I made a sound art piece that hopefully not only depicts, but also preserves the culture and their families eating habits. One travels through a Korean kitchen and into the dinning room. Here they join families as they barbeque their meals and converse before leaving the sound environment.

WILLIAM PARKHILL

A Beautiful Crucible

2013

6:29

photo and sound

The ideal multicultural society is where, through contact with others, we come to understand and accept the many complex nuances of the human condition. Through this understanding we can find a kind of peace. This is the ideal we should strive for, but we have not reached this point. I aim to explore the failure and successes of this search. In my art piece I tried to document the feeling of being in a foreign place, on foreign means of transportation--not quite understanding the surroundings and people but having moments where it feels like you might. I’m exploring that feeling before we reach understanding.