Final Project "Thoughts": Rebecca Shalloway

"Thoughts: The Choreography"

A performance by E. Rebecca Shalloway

Like a dance, my pupils move upward and downward, side to side, as if pausing for a breath. It is scientifically proven that humans struggle to keep their eyes still when focusing or recalling thoughts. I find it fascinating that something mental can be translated into the physical. It just proves that our thoughts are physical, possibly, signals of energy.

Another interesting facet of my project is the depth that is seen in my eyes. When zoomed in, the viewer can see the pores, pupils, eyelashes and microscopic details that are usually brushed over when talking with someone. By making the viewer anonymous, the viewer feels comfortable looking directly into the eyes of the performer. This relationship is rare because looking into someone eyes can be intimidating.

Why is this? Why do eyes have so much authority? Is it because there is a connection between the eyes and the mind? The soul? I explore this question and practice in this piece and challenge it by making the viewer trapped in the performers gaze.  Our eyes, if in person, dance to avoid meeting another’s and creating a connection.

https://vimeo.com/148274039

Project 4 Draft: Rebecca Shalloway

Thoughts
Rebecca Shalloway

Thoughts is a short performance piece about the physical reincarnation of human thought. Like a dance, the eyes shift direction when recalling a memory or telling a story. It is nearly impossible for humans to keep the eyes still when talking or thinking. In this piece I zoom in on the eyes to show how dramatic these motions are. What am I looking at? Nothing. I'm not looking, rather my brain is thinking and its a corporal reaction for my eyes to change direction.

https://vimeo.com/147732841

Convo With Famous Work Exercise: Rebecca Shalloway

"Girl Eating Banana" - Rebecca Shalloway

https://vimeo.com/147732445

In this performance I record myself eating a banana. As I was performing this piece I felt awkward. Being recorded while you it can be very discomforting especially if the food highly sexualized. In this performance, I chose to eat one of the most awkward foods a person can eat. Even though I was alone in the room, I still felt some sort of self consciousness while eating the banana.


This piece was inspired by Andy Warhol's performance entitled "Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger".  The original is in the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejr9KBQzQPM

Project 4 Ideas-Rebecca Shalloway

1. Pet Peeves

What makes something a pet peeve? In this piece I will perfom all of my pet peeves, chewing gum, sipping soup, brushing hair in the wrong direction. There will be no pain from the performer but only pain as the audience member.

2.Focus

I will have a series of questions written. Someone will ask me a questions and i will have to answer without looking around to recall a memory or to respond. If I look around to try to recall an asnwer I will have to do a push up.  I n a way I am training myself to focus my attention.

Convo with Artist Piece- Rebecca Shalloway

Original Work:

Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol eating a Hamburger.

My piece:

Me
Eating a Hamburger

How is it different when I eat the hamburger? Is it about the action of eating or the context of the hamburger?

Critique Feedback: Rebecca Shalloway

From the critique, I learned that I should clarify the sounds. Especially in the beginning I could have made the conversation more visible to hear. Then I could have sharpened some of the miscellaneous sounds such as chewing chips and zipping of the backpack.

Final Project_Rebecca Shalloway

Studio Sounds
Rebecca Shalloway

https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/studiosounds1


In this piece I hope to create an audio narrative of the studio process. This is an audio representation of how to focus. I think this relates directly to sound vs. noise in that noise is usually disorganized sound or lacks focus. The way I produce work requires concentration. This piece is about the in and out transitions of focus that I go through in my artistic process.

Working in a studio environment has put me in a position where i have to control my attention. This piece displays the contrast between focused thinking and the sounds of fun and play. Graphic design is a more collaborative practice then painting that still requires moments of independent thinking.

Everyone works differently. Some can read in public spaces, some can listen to music while working and others need complete silence to have full attention. I work in the middle of this spectrum.

Revisions To Project-Rebecca Shalloway

From the mid process critique I will add more sounds to the piece. I also will record clearer foosteps and organize the sounds so that it becomes a narrative.

The narrative will be as follows:
Open door
Lots of room "noise"
Backpack plopped on desk
objects moved from desk
zipper on backpack undone
clicking of desk neighbhor
side converssations and laughter once seated
clicking and tying of my own mouse
sigh
eating chips
drawing with pencil
silence of room
silent typing (closing out of all browsers)
and restart of computer

Class Exercise- Rebecca Shalloway and Vanessa Puello

https://vimeo.com/144826611

Sound Project Rough Draft_Rebecca Shalloway

Studio Sounds
https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/studiosounds

In-Class Exercise: Rebecca Shalloway

Kenneth Kirschner

http://www.kennethkirschner.com/kirschner110113.mp3

"NOVEMBER 1, 2013 (33:34)"

Reflection: project 3

The feedback I got about the third project was really helpful. I would go about interpreting the sounds I hear abstractly and really should focus on creating a space through sound. I need to re-record most of the sounds and it was suggested that I use some of the sounds of clicking and typing from the internet since it will be more crisp.

In-Class Exercise, Week 10: Rebecca Shalloway

Rules:
1. 3 seconds into the piece scream
2. 5 seconds from the first scream, scream again
3. 7 seconds from the second scream, scream again
4. 9 seconds from the third scream, scream again
5. Hum four times throughout the piece
6. Say your name really slow in the piece so that it lasts the entire duration
7. Translate your favorite color into sound
8. Say the chorus to your favorite song backwards
9. http://www.80smusicvids.com/
Pick the 14th song
11. Check the current time (What time is it right now?). Whatever the last number is say a sentence that has whatever number words.

Ex: it is 8:42 right now. So I would put in my piece a two worded sentence such as "Hello, friend"


My Example:
https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/sample


With Alex's Rules:
https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/inclassexerciseweek10

Collection of Sounds: Rebecca Shalloway (Studio)

In this piece I have a number of sounds. The beginning is lout because going into the studio you can be overwhelmed with the amount of work to do. Then once you sit you start to focus on your project and soon, even though you are in the same room as 15 other people, you feel as though you are by yourself because you lose yourself in the project.

https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/studio-sounds-15

The sounds that I used:
Printer printing
Chair Scooting
Backpack Zipping
Pen Writing
Pencil Writing
Typing on keyboard
Cough/Clear throat
Clicking on the mouse
Door Opening
Code to acces door clicking
lecture in the background
conversation in the background
Laughing (casual)
Space sounds
Small Conversations
Stomping
Dropping Scissors in my mug of utencils

In Class Exercise 2: Rebecca Shalloway and Kane Hambrick

https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/inclassexercise-kaneandrebecca

In class Exercise: Rebecca Shalloway

https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/media

Project 3: Rebecca Shalloway

For my sound project I want to capture sounds that I don't usually observer or pay attention to but are in my daily routine.  I hope from this project to be more aware of my environment. Although my first project was about my work space, I do spend a majority of my time in the studio and want to, for this project, capture the sounds. The typing on the keyboard, the clicking of the mouse, teh buzzing of the headphones that are next to me all fascinate me. It is a a focused and productive space. I would like to challenge myself by translating that focus into sound.

https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/studio

In Class Exercise 2: Rebecca Shalloway, Soundcloud

Link to Lorem Ipsum:
https://soundcloud.com/user-112198275/lorem-ipsum-rebeccashalloway

In Class Exercise: Rebecca Shalloway

Erin Rebecca Shalloway

Response to Duke Ellington Take the A Train

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY

The work, although it is a musical piece, uses sonically strong elements from a Train. The piece enters with a slow rise in volume, similarly to a train approaching. Then the trombones play in unison as if a horn would on a train. The trombones climax to a screeching high pitch that are reminiscent of a train passing by. Tension is evoked by the increase in pitch and volume. The tempo of the piece is at the same pace of train a chugging on a track. The percussion and bass intrsuments develop the beat that is continuous throughout the piece, a chug. In the beginning the piece was heard of as sound because it was unpleasant to listen too. Then with the repetition of certain elements, the chugging of the drums, it was transformed into music. In addition, the female who sings in the piece turns the work into a song. What makes it a song is that I can sing along to it. The organized sounds, reminiscent of a train, in the end, create a musical piece inspired by a train. 

Project 2 Reflection-Rebecca Shalloway_Kitchen

The feedback I got from everyone at the critique was really helpful. I was torn between two concepts within my piece. The first was the idea of placing objects in unusual places. The second was about creating beautifully pictured scenes. It was suggested to pick one and continue the shots the were in the beginning of the video.