One of the things I’ve been struggling to decide is what form this project will take, the three main forms that seem to be appealing to me most are an album, a performance and an Installation.
Album
This would be the smallest leap from what form it took before, I’ve always likened audio drama to be closer to the way music is published online than TV or film which is what it often feels most like it’s treated. This could be beneficial or detrimental. It would be beneficial because it allows me to show my abilities in and explore a different medium. Presenting myself as a sound artist who has a hand in Audio Drama I think is how I most want to be perceived in either world and this would be the most effective way to do that. I also would love to be able to explore this project in the form of multiple tracks with different mods, and the way I’ve been experimenting thus far lens itself best of then putting out an album.
The negatives would be that it isn’t so far removed from what I’m doing already, and so I am possibly not going enough out of my comfort zone. I worry that this would mean I’m not pushing myself into new territory enough and that I should commit to doing something I never normally do, like an installation.
Installation
I’ve never done an installation before, during our installation module I had a family situation that meant I wasn’t able to do an actual installation and did a performance instead. This could be a really interesting opportunity to fully explore this medium in a way I wasn’t able to before. This would also allow me to explore a more visual side of things, if only in how the equipment is presented, however if I were to go with this I think I would go for the kinds of visuals I usually do when making a video or cover for one of my noise music tracks.
The main downside would be that I don’t really intend to do installations as part of my artistic practice, I would be open to it. But I’ve always been more comfortable with a more production orientated workflow and the process of developing and finding a space for installations doesn’t really appeal to me.
Performance
This option feels like it could be very easily done as well as the other two, I think it would be most easily linked to the Album, and the idea of doing a fully improvised live set inspired by the experiments and pieces I’ve made could be super interesting. Not quite recreations but spiritual siblings, using the same elements to create something new in the moment. I have performed sound art before but it’s not something I do a lot and I love doing it, and would love the opportunity to do it again with a lot more artistic intention and thought behind it than usual.