Thursday, March 22, 2007

The sound of snow falling

In the afternoon of 20 March at Goldsmiths, it suddenly snowed. It last for less than 30 min, I guess, and no snow was accumulated in the street to be traced. Seeing snow falling was a very nice experience. It was very beautiful.
However, I have never heard any sound from snow falling.

Yoko Ono once made an instruction as an artwork that invited people to tape the sound of snow falling...
Tape Piece III (Snow Piece):

Take a tape of the sound of snow falling.
This should be done in the evening.
Do not listen to the tape.
Cut it and use it as strings to tie gifts with.
Make a gift wrapper, if you wish, using the same process with a phonosheet.

She also composed a song Listen, The Snow is Falling:
Listen the snow is falling over town
Listen the snow is falling everywhere
Between Empire State Building
And between Trafalgar Square
Listen the snow is falling over town

Listen the snow is falling over town
Listen the snow is falling everywhere
Between your bed and mine
Between your head and my mind
Listen the snow is falling over town

Between Tokyo and Paris
Between London and Dallas
Between your God and mine
Listen the snow is falling everywhere

Snow dream
Snow fall
Snow fly
Listen
Listen
Back to Goldsmiths College...
For those people who work indoors without having a window, they would not know that snow was falling beautifully for a while. Without the existence of the sound or visual trace of snow, they missed it. Unless someone shouts aloud with excitement-- Snow, snow, it is snowing!

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