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Timbre: special quality of sound that has to do with its point of origin
*what material is making the sound, and how is it organized? (think orchestra)

constancy v.s variation (tattoo it on your forehead)

how do artists and designers make people feel something?

sound forms and how they affect us:
-perspectival space, realistic v.s abstract

abstract sound forms: simultaneity (everything happening at the same time), transitions through balance between constancy and variation(likeness and difference), Timbre, Rhythm, Pitch/Tone, Non- music

Abstract Sound Interpretations: edgy, sublime, mysterious
*music= melody, harmony, beat * music= no no

Abstract Sound Jam: American Beauty, Nike, Sunny in Philly(edgy); John Oswald, Beethoven's Ninth Stretched; Hugo Ball

Historical Roots
- The Reformation 1500-1700
- female/ close to nature/close to the body = witch
- The Renaissance 1500- 1800
- explosion of scientific knowledge- thinking became king
-The Industrial Revolution 1700-1850 (western world)
- ability to harvest machines, ability to to turn nature into products
- Art Press and Museums
- Futurism, Surrealism, DADA, Fluxus

Edgy- nature and body is good, or nature and body are bad
Sublime- nature is awesome, or nature is dangerous
Mysterious - rational education is for the working class, sensing and feeling are for the rich

Reaction to lecture:
One of the most valubale things that I learned out of this lecture is that artists and designers have the power to make culture by breaking cultural norms. By doing this, it forces people to form an opinion on things (edgy, sublime, mysterious etc...). Sexy, Rythmical, and more ironic sounds/art/or things that are different that go against the norms of society are responsible for our cultural shifts. It is evident all throughout history through the development of our culture, the role or men and women, and the evolution of technology and sounds.