Imagining Silence by Robert Coburn
Imagining Silence
John Cage is often referred to for his comments on silence. One I particularly like is “…there is no such thing as silence, only sounds we choose not to hear”. With Imagining Silence I simply hope to open a window for the listener onto a sonic space for exploration where sound and silence coexist.
In 2018 I was given access to the vintage Buchla 200 system in studio 4 at EMS in Stockholm. All of the sounds in Imagining Silence were created during that residency. My deepest thanks to the people at EMS who made this and other projects possible.
As with most of my recent pieces, Imagining Silence is intended to be heard as a single work in 3 parts although each of the parts can also be experienced as separately pieces.
Listen quietly…
Tracklist
| 1. | Quietly Waiting | 13:51 |
| 2. | Pausing to Find | 7:50 |
| 3. | Sitting in Stillness | 9:42 |
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Composer, performer, environmental sound artist and temporal wanderer - pursuing deep perceptual experience with simple materials, quietness, and moments of emptiness.