Above is my own take on a graphic score. I decided to explore the idea of graphic scores after missing Gareths lesson, to find that this could be a extremely effective tool in generating new ideas.
As of late I have struggled to come up with any creative ideas in response to the task, be it lockdown, lack of experiences, whatever, my imagination is quite dull at the moment. I decided to try my hand at a graphic score, utilising colours, visuals and textures rather than sitting in-front of my laptop, forcing the music out.
I will also note that I purposely held off from looking at other artists graphic scores. The aim to create a totally unique score only I can understand but can be interpreted in a number of ways.
Essentially my score is an abstract DAW production screen, the coloured boxes are the ‘tracks’, the grid being the sound/music and everything else is a visual reminder for myself. The score was drawn and coloured on cardboard for a range of reasons:
- I’m lazy
- Cardboard can be an interesting medium to use, it has pros and cons for art that always looks somewhat eye catching.
- In relation to my groups theme of ‘Reconnecting’, cardboard is a material I used to use all the time for my art, by going back to help me create a sound piece, I’m reconnecting with a past medium.
I have also been thinking about ‘Sigil Scores’. Im not sure if this actually a practice but a note in my sonic journal about Kurt Schwitters made me think about pronunciation of words. I will explain all this in a following blog post. 🙂