You probably have a supervisor, so I wouldn't want to interfere. But it seems to me that your main aim is too broad, too vague. You seem to be saying something like "the perception of music partly relies on processes (neural, cognitive and psychological) that exist for other than musical reasons - so how can this principle be applied to enrich music and sound art?" - but of course, composers have always done this. Take the principle of "intuitive physics" (1993: 'Intuitive Physics', in Eilan, McCarthy and Brewer, (eds.), Problems in the Philosophy and Psychology of Spatial Representation; 99-112) - then compare "flight of the bumble bee" with Prokoviev's "Dance of the Knights" (a track on Romeo and Juliet) - you can hear that they rely on extra-musical associations about size (mass) and therefore momentum, and the sorts of movement (acceleration, change of direction) that might be expected for beings of differing masses. (Also have a listen to Tomita's electronic renditions of Debussey)
On the notion of sound sculpture, there are many artists interested in this - for example, The Morning Line (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipLCJr94Sg ) So, you have a very interesting topic area, and one in which much is not known (an exciting area for research, then). But this stage, of formulating a coherent proposal, is very hard work. Simplicity is the key - trying to be really clear (to yourself) what it is you want to know. That's a problem that all academics wrestle with, all their lives. Good luck! Dr. Peter Lennox SFHEA Senior Lecturer in Perception College of Arts, Humanities and Education School of Arts e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 https://derby.academia.edu/peterlennox https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Lennox University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB, UK -----Original Message----- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of ?? Sent: 16 August 2017 12:33 To: sursound <sursound@music.vt.edu> Subject: [Sursound] Sound Based Composition(surround) Thanks for reply. It is really helpful. The term I used , according to Landy's writing : typically designated the art form in which the sound is the basic unit. I'm thinking about it and developed main question and sub questions,here is a brief description : 1 The study purpose and sub-questions 1.1 Main Purpose For the perception mechanism of human being, every part of the outer world is affecting the final cognition. Thus, as sound-based music, the sources may naturally have extra-musical information. How to use that information appropriately to create artwork so that it could arouse people's association and extra-musical experiences? And, How to combine it with other art forms and effectively creates interesting perception experiences? 1.2 Perception For receiving and processing, sensory system will be used and worked together all the time. For artwork creation, including sound-based music composition, would it possible to break the typical perception habit or used it to create artwork according to perception principles? 1.3Cognition In this part, the research question focus on cognition process (understanding through thought, experience, and existing knowledge, etc.). In the light of above theory, if sound-based music or audiovisual artwork could follow the path of cognition process, will it creates fantastic artwork that brings abundant information even dramatic experiences? For example, using symbolic melody, lyrics or sound with special meaning, and composed them appropriately, it would be act like "access tools" (Leigh Landy, 2007: 27) and enhance the experiences to audiences and assist them understand the work more easily. Thus, people will focus on experience the feelings or interact with artworks rather than struggle with questions like what is going on here. 1.4 Development To develop the research ideas basis on psychoacoustics and cognitive psychology mentioned above, when combining the sound-based artwork with other forms of art, will innovations happen by this combination? 1.5 Sound sculpture As mention above, sound sculpture basis on sound-based music. Essentially, music is trying to transmit experiences to audiences, so how about creating sound sculpture? It is like the natural world presented to us: when we come into a place, we will hear and see the surroundings and then understand what has happened here, so as "sound sculpture" mentioned here. As I'm new to write proposal, what is the essential elements to form a research object and how specific should it be? I'm going to manipulate the principles and compose serious of artworks . Then extract the result to form a final dissertation. Thank you very much, Yilin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20170816/192f16ff/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender and let them know. Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
