Imagine a world where sound is the one sense we have to navigate our way around the landscape. For a small but growing number of post-modern sonic sculptors this fantasy has become reality. Hovering on the cusp of the arts world, audio artists are manipulating sound to create unique aural environments. The aim is to transport listeners to new realms of perception and understanding. This is conceptual art of the highest order.
American audio artist David Moss describes it as “the momentary manifestation of personal timing and eccentric personality that occurs while dealing with materials of choice (musical instruments, objects, airwaves, etc.) broadcast over TIME…… Its power lives in the territory of surprise, in the landscape of possibilities. It is an architecture of individuality, a helix of memories always just diving into, or emerging from, a pool of chaos.” So audio art is not music in the commercial, structured, manufactured for market, sense of the word. It is unique to the artist and the materials being used.
