Week 5 - AA1 - Sound Art

I'm Back Here
by Jesse Glass and Rod Summers

Jesse Glass and Rod Summers are American and English poets, respectively, who met in Holland. They collaborated and conceived quite a number of works, as can be seen here.

What makes this piece interesting is the use of the simplest sound source which is a human voice. The poem text is also very short:

I'm back here

The piece basically repeats I'm a few times, and back a few times. I'm gradually getting softer as back gradually gets louder from a really low amplitude. The final word, here is also repeated but very quickly.

The use of technology is also very minimal. The only obvious use of sound editing is the change in dynamic, panning of the second word (back), and the fast looping of the last word (here).

Reference: Christian Haines. "Week 5 Audio Art - "Sound Art." Tutorial presented at the University of Adelaide, 2008.