COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~34~34
CVPA Student Collection
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resource_ID:
17kdickinson_009
resource_id
17kdickinson_009
resource_ID
false
resource_ID:
17kdickinson_010
resource_id
17kdickinson_010
resource_ID
false
resource_ID:
17kdickinson_011
resource_id
17kdickinson_011
resource_ID
false
resource_ID:
17kdickinson_012
resource_id
17kdickinson_012
resource_ID
false
artist_name:
Dickinson, Katherine
student_last_name
Dickinson, Katherine
artist_name
false
artist_variant_name:
Kate Dickinson
student_first_name
Kate Dickinson
artist_variant_name
false
artist_nationality:
United States
student_nationality
United States
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital_dates:
1990
student_vital_dates
1990
artist_vital_dates
false
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Visual Design
umassd_cvpa_degree
MFA - Visual Design
UMassD_CVPA_degree
false
graduation_year:
2017
mfa_graduation_year
2017
graduation_year
false
area_of_study:
Graphic Design
area_of_study
Graphic Design
area_of_study
false
additional_acad_degrees :
B.S. Graphic Design (Walla Walla University)
academic_degree
B.S. Graphic Design (Walla Walla University)
additional_acad_degrees
false
medium:
Velvet, felt, velvet paper
medium
Velvet, felt, velvet paper
medium
false
work_title:
4'33"
work_title
4'33"
work_title
false
technique:
Bookbinding, laser cutting
technique
Bookbinding, laser cutting
technique
false
work_date:
2017
work_date
2017
work_date
false
dimensions:
11.5 x 24.75 x 1.5 (box), accordions vary
dimensions
11.5 x 24.75 x 1.5 (box), accordions vary
dimensions
false
description:
The third most dominant sense used when reading, sound, is referenced in the next piece in the body of work: 4'33". It is a poetic interpretation of John Cage's experimental music composition by the same name, which consists of the sound of silence divided into three movements. Accordingly, the book has no text and instead represents the length of the composition with one second equaling a one-eighth wide line, this measurement taken from Cage's original width specification for a second. The lines are laser cut into white felt for silent interaction with the book and arranged to imitate vertical faders in audio equalization. Cage intended for the audience to listen to the ignored, insignificant sounds present in their immediate environment during the four minute and thirty-three second duration of his piece, the voids in the felt illustrating this by allowing the surroundings to visually encroach into the pages. The lengths of the lines are randomly generated with Processing, indicating the unplanned and erratic nature of everyday, environmental sounds. Each of the three movements is represented in an individual accordion structure, with the number of lines depicting the movement's length of time in seconds. The book is housed in a black velvet flip-top box divided into three sections and is constructed to resemble a pianothe instrument the piece was first "played" onwhen all the accordions are inside.
description
The third most dominant sense used when reading, sound, is referenced in the next piece in the body of work: 4'33". It is a poetic interpretation of John Cage's experimental music composition by the same name, which consists of the sound of silence divided into three movements. Accordingly, the book has no text and instead represents the length of the composition with one second equaling a one-eighth wide line, this measurement taken from Cage's original width specification for a second. The lines are laser cut into white felt for silent interaction with the book and arranged to imitate vertical faders in audio equalization. Cage intended for the audience to listen to the ignored, insignificant sounds present in their immediate environment during the four minute and thirty-three second duration of his piece, the voids in the felt illustrating this by allowing the surroundings to visually encroach into the pages. The lengths of the lines are randomly generated with Processing, indicating the unplanned and erratic nature of everyday, environmental sounds. Each of the three movements is represented in an individual accordion structure, with the number of lines depicting the movement's length of time in seconds. The book is housed in a black velvet flip-top box divided into three sections and is constructed to resemble a pianothe instrument the piece was first "played" onwhen all the accordions are inside.
description
false
artist_URL:
www.katherinedickinson.com
artist_url
www.katherinedickinson.com
artist_URL
false