A Night in the Park
May 24, 2020, 04:53 PM
Piece based on Edward Hopper's A Night in the Park by Ollie Campbell.
"I chose this etching by Edward Hopper to reimagine because I really liked the texture in the piece and the dark, lonely atmosphere created by the lighting and scratches on the page. In my piece I tried to reflect the scratchy 'noisy' textures of the etching by layering lots different sounds including radio static, drones, distortion, glitches, screechy cello and zither bows. These sounds were built around some gravel footsteps which I cut to a beat.
"The first half was composed with ambiences of wind and sirens to place the listener in the space pictured in the etching. The musical elements are sparse and echoey - intended to represent the solitary mans thoughts and daydreams whilst he reads his newspaper."
Part of the Smithsonian Treasures project, a collection of new sound works inspired by items from the Smithsonian Museums’ collections - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/smithsonian
"I chose this etching by Edward Hopper to reimagine because I really liked the texture in the piece and the dark, lonely atmosphere created by the lighting and scratches on the page. In my piece I tried to reflect the scratchy 'noisy' textures of the etching by layering lots different sounds including radio static, drones, distortion, glitches, screechy cello and zither bows. These sounds were built around some gravel footsteps which I cut to a beat.
"The first half was composed with ambiences of wind and sirens to place the listener in the space pictured in the etching. The musical elements are sparse and echoey - intended to represent the solitary mans thoughts and daydreams whilst he reads his newspaper."
Part of the Smithsonian Treasures project, a collection of new sound works inspired by items from the Smithsonian Museums’ collections - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/smithsonian