The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a description of the development of “si... more The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a description of the development of “silence sound art”, and the details on how the author applied such theories to an art workshop with the installation work Word Chimes. The author include a brief interpretation of the various meanings of sound and silence among different contemporary sound artists to provide a context of philosophy, but mainly focus on John Cage’s interpretation of silence, and argue that the famous claim “there’s no such thing as silence” could be problematic. The emphasis of the paper is on artistic application rather than academic research or theory.
This article was published in From the Factories (2014). Printed by kaitak, Centre for Research a... more This article was published in From the Factories (2014). Printed by kaitak, Centre for Research and Development, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University. Edited by Dr. Anson Hoi-San Mak.
The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a description of the development of “si... more The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a description of the development of “silence sound art”, and the details on how the author applied such theories to an art workshop with the installation work Word Chimes. The author include a brief interpretation of the various meanings of sound and silence among different contemporary sound artists to provide a context of philosophy, but mainly focus on John Cage’s interpretation of silence, and argue that the famous claim “there’s no such thing as silence” could be problematic. The emphasis of the paper is on artistic application rather than academic research or theory.
This article was published in From the Factories (2014). Printed by kaitak, Centre for Research a... more This article was published in From the Factories (2014). Printed by kaitak, Centre for Research and Development, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University. Edited by Dr. Anson Hoi-San Mak.
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