(That has to be silence’s largest-ever orchestration, I suppose.) It’s silence in full immersive sound. Lilly, 3D soundscapes, Sarah Maitland talking to you about her experience in seclusion on the Isle of Skye, and yes, Cage’s iconic if ironic “4’33”.” The Cage work is realized as an eight-channel ORTF 3D audio recording, from a performance by Staatsorchester Stuttgart at the Beethovensaal Stuttgart. There’s a snowy cotton-like entry, radio-like sound effects, and then a pathway to explore silence from the start of the universe until this century.Īnd you get some unique experiences: the isolation tank invented by neurophysiologist John C. Tracking systems respond as you navigate the exhibit, and an unseen voice hints at what you might do. Instead, you get abstract spatial graphics. Inside the exhibition, there’s not a word of written text, and few traditional photos or videos. As the exhibition creators say, “the search for a place where stillness may be experienced, however, becomes difficult: stillness is holding sway only in outer space – yet even there the astronaut is hearing his own breaths.” Just as John Cage’s revelation that visiting an anechoic chamber was, in fact, noisey, “silence” in this case challenges listening and exploration. “Sounds of Silence” opened this month at the Museum of Communication in Bern, Switzerland, and is on through July 2019, with the project lead and curated by the museum’s own Kurt Stadelmann. The results are surprisingly poetic – like a surrealist listening playground on the topic of isolation. The exhibition’s sound lead Jascha Dormann tells us more – and gives us a look inside. I think that this single is going to be remembered as one of their best.What’s the sound of an exhibition devoted to silence? From John Cage recreations to the latest in interactive virtual reality tech, it turns out there’s a lot. This talented group has a gift for selecting just the right song to compliment their vocal skills. It takes many hours of arrangement and practice in order to perfect a performance like this, but Pentatonix nails it every single time. There are no instruments or background music. When you perform a cappella, every sound that you hear comes from a human voice. What did you think of ‘The Sound Of Silence?’ I think that this single is going to be remembered as one of their best. But this a cappella rendition from Pentatonix is unlike anything you have every heard before.Īnd the vision that was planted in my brain One of the most well known covers comes from the rock band, Disturbed, in 2015. Since that time, many artists have lent their voices to the tune. Now, this ensemble is back with a stunning performance of ‘The Sound Of Silence.’ This popular song was originally made famous by Simon & Garfunkel in 1964. Since that moment, Pentatonix has become a household name with viral performances such as ‘Mary Did You Know’ and ‘Hallelujah’
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