Art is in the Air!

Pick an ordinary day, a random situation, a certain moment. What do you hear? What do you hear right now? Exactly now I hear a man on the radio telling about the weather, the clock ticking on the wall, the tapping sound my fingers make when I type in these words. Is there art in there? What’s for sure is that there are also several sounds around me and in the air that I’m not noticing or paying attention to. But if I’d start to pay attention, I’d discover a world full of sounds. 

There is a chance to dive into the world of sounds and sound arts in Tartu, in Helikoosolek sound gatherings once a month (http://helikoosolek.blogspot.com/). The event is always an experience, an unexpected surprise –you could never imagine the scenes and views that sounds can reveal to you! You want to give it a try? Imagine a world of underwater sounds...done it? Now go to listen to underwater recordings of a French sound artist Thomas Tilly: http://thomas.tilly.free.fr/todisco.html. Did it meet your image?

Sitting with your eyes closed and letting sound arts fill your ears can really be what they call an experience. I think that you’re having an experience when you forget your awareness, possibly also your surroundings, and your senses and imagination just play together –whatever the result may be.  One recommended chance to try such experiences in the world of sound arts is a two day event called Topofon, taking place at Y-galerii in the beginning of May (http://ygalerii.blogspot.com/). You might want to taste some sound poetry for example?

Topofon audience

So yes, there is art in there, more art around us than we even realise, or sense to that matter. A clock ticking on the wall is not that far away from being a piece of art when you combine it with some creativity. It may be even singing instead of ticking, right? Maybe singing with countless delicate tunes that can turn even silence into a concert, air filled with art.