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Depictions of ‘visards’ which were worn by ladies in the 16th-17th centuries to protect them from the sun. The masks were made of black velvet and were held in place by a button or bead clenched between the teeth, silencing the wearer unless they take it off.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/visard-mask-elizabethan-visor-blank-16th-century

http://www.fashioningtheearlymodern.ac.uk/object-in-focus/visard-mask/

–> interesting concealment of voice/face, therefore persona/identity –> effective imagery of the oppressive silence –> this is such a strange cultural phenomenon, so many women are faceless in art history, that interests me. Lots of people look at it in contemporary art, something to pursue when looking at costume/folklore this term

Leah Barclay, Deciduous, 2015

uses live streaming of hydrophone recording humpback whales off the coast of Hawaii, as well as geolocated sound walks from natural environments around the world

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Leah Barclay’s ‘River Listening’ on the Thames

http://leahbarclay.com/portfolio_page/river-listening/

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Postcards sent in anonymously to the ongoing community art project ‘PostSecret’ that have been posted on their website: https://postsecret.com/

I saw a book they published containing a curated selection of the postcards over the holidays and I think that’s why I’ve been wanting to use a postcard format for my instruction cards

Hildegard Westerkamp, Kits Beach Soundwalk, 1989

interesting look at influence on artificial sound on our experience of nature and on nature itself

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The island of Mou Waco on Lake Wanaka, this island has it’s own lake (hard to see in the photo), which the Maori that lived in the area believed was sacred as it had healing properties
— another place where the worlds come together, where you can push through. Like the glow worm caves, transcendent

Tesla charging points attached to an old petrol pump
— found it really visually striking and reminded me of my interest in old-world/new-world frictions and dissonance. Strangely beautiful too, the start (or middle?) of a history
— also interesting for two worlds colliding (BTS), the old and new coexist

Interesting structures, textures, forms and shapes I’ve seen over the last week or so — really like the candle wax for a costume-type piece

Hundreds of Cairns at Fantail Falls, New Zealand

Found a ‘real Japanese shrine, entry $5’

— this trip has enabled me to see sacred places like the ones I’ve made art about, this waterfall felt like a sacred place was being created (no Maori history as far as I know)

Video by Vice about sonic artist Mileece

— organic electronic sound — transplanting sound e.g. from the Amazon to the school — creating sound from plants — tech and mic ideas

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)