I Am Sitting In A Room Score

The score specifies a process that is to be followed to make a sonic realization.

I am sitting in a room score.

This original recording made by lucier in his own living room is but one realization of the instructions of the score. At the same time the listener is asked to be an observer rather than participant in the. A contemporary score moma s recent acquisition of both i am sitting in a room and lucier s music for pure waves bass drums and acoustic pendulums 1980 continues the museum s dedication to representing the history of sound art within a broader context of 20th century artistic practice. 2 from the score of chambers 1968.

Building upon exhibitions such as soundings. I am sitting in a room is an example of process music. I am sitting in a room. I am sitting in a room is a multi media piece created in 1969 1970 by mary and alvin lucier and in its solo sound version is one of composer alvin lucier s best known works.

As the repetitive process continues those sounds common to the original spoken statement and those implied by the structural dimensions of the room are reinforced. I am sitting in a room the same one you are in now. Through playback and recording of successive generations of his own voice the sound is washed until his talking is a pure harmonic. The inaugural volume in cabinet s new 24 hour book series i am sitting in a room written and designed in one day explores the scenography and architecture of writing itself inspired in part by georges perec s short fragment in species of spaces on antonello da messina s painting of st.

The new recording is then played back and re recorded and. In i am sitting in a room several sentences of recorded speech are simultaneously played back into a room and re recorded there many times. 1 from the score of i am sitting in a room 1969. 4 alvin lucier and douglas simon chambers wesleyan university press middletown ct 1980.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. One of lucier s most important and best known works is i am sitting in a room 1969 in which lucier records himself narrating a text and then plays the recording back into the room re recording it. 3 from the score of vespers 1969. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and i am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech with perhaps the exception of rhythm is destroyed.

The audio section of the piece features alvin lucier recording himself narrating a text and then playing the tape recording back into the room re recording it. The new recording is then played back and re recorded and this process is repeated. Digital editing and mastering by allan tucker foothill productions nyc. The others are gradually eliminated.