http://www.metafilter.com/tags/iamsittinginaroom Posts tagged with 'iamsittinginaroom' at MetaFilter. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:03:22 -0800 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:03:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/69369/Not%2DWith%2DReynols <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/10/dan-warburton-i.html">I Am Not</a> <a href="http://www.paristransatlantic.com/warburton/reynols.html">Sitting In A Room</a> <a href="http://www.void.gr/absurd/absurd/_a26_50/a43/a43.html">With</a> <a href="http://www.ubu.com/sound/reynols.html">Reynols</a>. <small><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/52996/I-am-going-to-play-it-back-into-the-room-again-and-again">Previously</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/44109/Theres-no-such-thing-as-noise-only-sound">Related</a>.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69369 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:03:22 -0800 alvinlucier art danwarburton iamsittinginaroom noise reynols sound soundart jtron http://www.metafilter.com/52996/I%2Dam%2Dgoing%2Dto%2Dplay%2Dit%2Dback%2Dinto%2Dthe%2Droom%2Dagain%2Dand%2Dagain <a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/source/Lucier-Alvin_Sitting.mp3">"I am sitting in a room (mp3),</a> different from the one you are in now." is the opening phrase from <a href="http://alucier.web.wesleyan.edu/index.html">Alvin Lucier's</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Lucier"> (Wikipedia)</a> best known work, simply titled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_sitting_in_a_room">'I am sitting in a room'</a>. The piece involves playing a recording of a <a href="http://www.waggish.org/2003/09/i_am_sitting_in_a_room_alvin_lucier.html">short speech</a> back into the room and re-recording the result. This is done again and again, with the <a href="http://www.linkwitzlab.com/rooms.htm">resonant frequencies of the room</a> reinforced each time, until all that is left are the characteristics and resonances of the room. (<a href="http://www.ubu.com/sound/lucier.html">Interview and documentary</a> also available at <a href="http://www.ubu.com">ubu.com</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52996 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:58:40 -0800 acoustics alvin alvinlucier avantgarde frequencies iamsittinginaroom lucier resonance room TwoWordReview