"As more slaves came to America.

The talking drum became a silent drum.

The drum stopped.

The drum stopped communicating."

For a while.

The hiatus of the African voice would come to an end after years. 

Years of slavery.

Years of submissiveness.

Years of pain.

Until it found its voice!

OLODUM 

The african american group who protests in the streets of Brazil with music. Against racial discrimination, they make their instruments and voices echoes throughout the Brazilian territory.

The language is now understood. It was vocalized. But the rhythim structures and syncopation have kept faithful to its roots in Africa.

OLODUM PROTEST

Strength and modesty Freedom to the people of Pelourinho (historic centre of Salvador) A true mother feels pain during labour And here I go. Declared the nation, Pelourinho against prostitution We protest and manifest And here I go. We expanded here And terror already dominates Brazil. Report abuse, Olodum and Pelourinho And here I go. Brazil leadership The elite force inside the pollution Featured in the terror, Cubatão (a polluted city in Brazil) And here I go.

And here I go. Northeastern Brazil In Bahia there is Ethiopia The country turns their back on the northeast And here I go. We are able Our God brings the truth to us Monument for strength and peace And here I go.

And here I go. I dismount you Against the apartheid there in South Africa Welcoming Nelson Mandela The Olodum And here I go. Mozambique, Mozambique, Mozambique Mozambique, Mozambique, Mozambique

Characteristics                     or   

                 Attribute 

Loudness isn't noise.

Although we tend to associate

Loud sounds to noise,

They are not the same thing.

The way I see it
Noise can differ from place to place

It is a term

associated with 

discomfort.

Classical music played,

Even though is beautifully produced and composed

During an exam

It can be understood

As noise

Whereas
Kurt cobain's grungy GUITAR SOLOS at crowded arenas is not.

Solos which ressamble in a way
Marco Fusinato's performance
Exploring the essence of noise:
FREE

So noise

Isn't a permanent characteristics of a sound.

But instead,
It's something we attribute,
Due to a situation.

Noise is context.

Here is an example of this:

Song: Patience - Guns and Roses 

When there is silence,                 

           the environment screams

First of all, let's discuss two of John Cage's perspectives towards silence.

1st - Silence is music. Silence is art:

4'33" - John Cage

4 minutes and 33 seconds

of an orchestrated piece

that has nothing

 but

 silence.

So I ask you:

"Is silence always art?"

If so, then, is this art?

YES?

NO?

It is just a quiet library after all.

So would you be surprised if I told you I've changed the audios between the videos?

2nd - There is no such thing as silence.

There is always a sound emitter.

It is either the surrounding

or oneself.

<see anechoic chamber video>

For this perspective, I believe cage was fully right.

'Sound' is constant.

Always surrounding us.

Takes one to stop hearing and start listening to see this. Or hear.

With that in mind, the notion of SOUND AS ENVIRONMENT is born.

The environment is always speaking.

It talks to us constantly,

but we do not pay close attention.

However,

 when there is silence,

it screams.

I'll give you 1 simple example:

1. STOP! Listen to your surrounding. 

Do it now. 

Do it in the library.

Do it at home. 

Do it in the shower

Do it at the beach

Do it anywhere. 

And you will hear sound.

Nevertheless,

it does not mean it can be art.

Would you say the following video is art?

The footage was taken at Coogee Beach (Sydney, Australia)

But the audio was replaced by "Notus", by Cristof Minoge

(Which is part of the series named "South Winds")

So is it still art? Was it ever? Either the video or the audio?
 I believe no.

Nature is beautiful,

and so are the sounds it produces.

But the same way 'not all art is beautiful',

not all beauty is art.

Art is,

by definition,

'the expression or application of human creative skills and imagination'.

Nature is not art.

It CAN BE art.

But it isn't.

Example 1 of Nature as Art:

Walter de Maria - Ocean Music

INTERPRETATION THROUGH AUDIO JUXTAPOSITION

Here the performer utilizes the waves sounds as a guideline to his percussion composition. Synchronizing rhythm and intensity.

Example 2 of Nature as Art:

AUDIO: Tom Bruynél - Rain
VISUAL: Rain shot with Sony a7s

ALLUSION THROUGH AUDIO SUBSTITUTION

In this audio work, I've combined a visual aspect to contextualize.

Here we observe as Bruynèl alludes to the rainfall through peaceful piano sounds resembling the drops drizzling from above.

so is the sound as environment art?

For me, it is only art when human interference is involved.

Yes, environment produces sounds.

But only human creativity transforms it into art.