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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00009
- Thesis Title
- Sounds You Can Touch
- Author
- Robert J. Gluck
- E-mail
- gluckr AT albany.edu
- 2nd Author
- NULL
- 3rd Author
- NULL
- Degree
- Master of Fine Arts
- Year
- 2001
- Number of Pages
- 85
- University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Thesis Supervisor
- Neil B. Rolnick
- Supervisor e-mail
- NULL
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Thesis committee members: Mary Anne Staniszewski (RPI), Curtis Bahn (RPI) and Andra McCartney (Concordia University)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Arts Department: Integrated Electronic Arts at Rensselaer (iEar)
- Copyright Ownership
- Robert J. Gluck
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- Thesis not on line; documentation of the project is at: http://www.electricsongs.com/SoundsofaCommunity/
- Keywords
- installation sound interactive religion electronic music judaism
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- Sounds You Can Touch documents the interactive sound installation, Sounds of a Community (2001). Sounds recorded in a synagogue, the Woodstock Jewish Congregation, are played back in the synagogue sanctuary. The sounds, often digitally processed, are heard as a result of visitor interaction with sound sculptures, modeled upon traditional Jewish ritual objects. The manner of interaction draws upon familiar physical gestures associated with Jewish prayer and religious ritual. The range of interaction is determined through pre-composed structures and sounds. The goal is to create a vehicle by which visitors, using interactive electronic music technologies, may explore the nature of religious ritual and appreciate the musical qualities of sounds of an environment.