This first project has me super excited. I've never worked with sound art, and to be entirely honest I've haven't really thought about it much as a medium that I could work with. I'm not sure why I haven't, because music and sound have always really interested me, but in my mind music and sound art were always in a separate category than visual arts, so I never really gave it much thought. I am so glad that we're starting the year with this project, because even just learning about sound art, and thinking about the way that I personally am affected by it has opened my eyes to so many possibilities and ideas that I don't think I could have arrived at otherwise.
When we started talking about sound art in class, it reminded me of a few artists who I listen to that use samples and found sounds to create their music. I never considered them to be sound artists but I find that the more I learn about sound art, the harder time I'm having trying to find the line between sound art and music ( if that line even exists). I thought about artists like The Avalanches and The Books, both of which take samples from outside sources to create their music. Although these examples probably lean more to the music side of the spectrum (especially the Avalanches) rather than the sound art side, I think it is still arguable that elements of sound art are definitely exhibited in their work.
