Electronic Panorama: Paris, Tokyo, Utrecht, Warszawa (1970)
Electronic Panorama is a noise-sound that consists of strange, dissonant amalgams and limpid purity of sound as defined in the book; the mix of different natural noises of dropping water, jingles, whistle and cricket sound. This sound art caught my attention because it offers the pure sound of nature. Although they are the electronic sounds created by machines, but it brings me to an environment of a deep forest inside a wooden house surrounded by nature, where the noises of the city are totally gone. Moreover, the increasing sound volume at the end created a pitch that reinforces the vibration and excitement from the noise.
Our human sensibilities need noise-sound; without the noise-sound, it can create a void(a space of emptiness), discomfort, and fear within us. And the sound that we are not familiar with can also cause fear because noise-sound has the effect of creating an imagination in our brain and trying to distinguish what that noise is made out of or coming from. Therefore, I believe a creative sound art has the power of exploring human imagination.
