Jordana Maisie

Unlikely Sounds 2006

Project description

The surround sound installation Unlikely Sounds examines how sound, independent of visual, can lull us into a comfortable, familiar space. Then, without warning, it throws us into a different, contrasting context. This can occur even when standing in a dark space. Eight minutes of serene, inoffensive and banal (constructed) environments are suddenly interrupted by a sonic assault which invades the space. Overwhelmed, the intention is for the viewer to be temporarily transported to a battlefield where they are forced to consider the reality of war and it’s consequences. A confronting interaction with violence and war via sound - a different experience to the media’s regulated filter - TV.