In-Class Drawings

Sounds from the Landscape Annex

For this assignment, I chose to analyze the sounds from within the Landscape Annex. I sat at first just listening and a pattern of sounds emerged, and I began to draw these sounds linearly, as they occur in time. I also wanted to represent how certain sounds drowned out others, with the crossing over of lines. At first, the space seemed reasonably quiet, but the more I listened, the more I began to pick up on all the different noises occurring. When doing this assignment, there were me and two others in the building. At its quietest, the clicking of the keyboard was the steady noise governing the space. But every so often, a car would drive by outside and then beep a few times as it was backing up. I then picked up on children outside playing. The first sound I would pick up was a shriek and then a bit of chatter afterwards. When someone got up and walked to the door within the space, that sound was much louder, with the clicking and slamming of the door when leaving the room.

Here is an attempt to show the same sounds in a more quantified way.

Potential wind instrument using items at home.