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Sound Piece for Notes and Scores for Sound

from Barbara T. Smith: Performance Audio 1969​-​1988 by Small World

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Barbara T. Smith
Sound Piece for Notes and Scores for Sound, 1972

Created for the exhibition Notes and Scores for Sound, curated by Tom Marioni at Mills College, artists were invited to compose a sound piece and exhibit the diagrams and drawings necessary to create the final work. Smith's piece came from her preliminary drawing of a mystical cat kneading the chest of an ailing man. Her audio consisted of a recording of a cat purring, the sound of an malfunctioning heart, aluminum rods striking the ground and synthesizer. Terry Fox, who was also part of the show, did not attend the opening. Puzzled, Smith discovered that at that very moment he was in the hospital having his sternum removed. She instantly realized there was a connection between her drawing and Fox's surgery. Subsequently, Terry began to use cat purrs in his audio pieces - and although Barbara instructed Tom to give Terry her drawing, he never actually received it, nor did he hear her piece. Strangeness.

Audio: BTS, Joseph Byrd
Sound Mix: Mallory Slate
Heartbeat recording from Si Wexler Lab

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from Barbara T. Smith: Performance Audio 1969​-​1988, released September 12, 2013

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