Construction of The Paper:
NATURE AS A CONCEPT IN SONIC ARTS

Tuğrul Veli Şalcı, Sabancı University

Abstarct

This thesis investigates some of the ways in which nature is engaged as a concept and as a source material in the sonic arts. Through examining manifestations of nature in sonic art, this thesis attends to how and why composers and sound artists draw on aspects of the natural world in their works.

Keywords

Sonic Arts

Soundscape

Nature

Balance

Synths

Algorithmic Composition

Generative Music

Introduction

Although not all sonic works comment on environmental issues, each in some way connects to the natural world through the engagement with/representation of real-world locations, presentation of live/recorded natural sounds, and/or the generation of compositional materials from nonsounding environmental information.
 

Background

Thermology:
What is natural musically speaking?
Nature as the conceptual opposite of culture.
Nonhuman entities and forces in contemporary composition,

Studying Past:
Soundscape before electronic music
The “Music-Nature” Continuum
Use of soundscapes in electronic music “different techniques and approaches”
The sonic representation of nature

Nature as an Influence in Generative Music:
Using natural sounds and sonic sounds together
Creating algorithmic compositions influenced by nature

Work            

In what ways I can create balance using sonic sounds and natural sounds together?