sound trip (of sorts)

I really should have listened to Carl when he said to write the blog the day of visiting the event, because now I have lost my notes and I can not remember the names of the artists or their exhibits at the Haggerty. I went to both Peter Hutton’s at sea, and a trilogy showing of Nathanial Dorsky’s works. But, I have the foggiest idea of what to write about concerning the silence of the pieces. At sea was such a beautiful piece. I could go on, and compare it to the close proximity of the camera in Dorsky’s work, but that’s not what we are here to write about unfortunately. So with only the slight idea of the images themselves creating a rhythm, I went to the Haggerty to find something more concrete for me to discuss. I had an idea from in my mind for what to look out for. I was talking to Julie, and she brought up this idea of sound coming before the image or the image coming before the sound. One the pieces I found very interesting was a series of three televisions. On the three televisions was Nirvana, Michael Jackson, and my personal favorite Joy Division. In this case the sound did not seem to me to be either before the image or after the image, unlike most music videos where the sound comes before the image, the distorted image of the joy Division show attempted to render the song nostalgic. Coming in and knowing the song beforehand really had an effect on me. Even before I saw this piece I always had this nostalgic feeling with Joy Division.
I would like to comment more on the gallery and it’s use of sound, but I really feel that I have not explored my relation to image and sound fully. I almost see the image and sound one of the same at times. I don’t know how to fully describe it, but where it begins and ends with an image is a mode I have not exposed myself to much. I would say that I have just started to open my eyes to it, but this is really hard for me to describe. I don’t even know how to start talking about the differences of silence between Hutton’s and Dorsky’s work. My relation to sound has I guess been taken for granted. The relationship or lack of sound to its surroundings is something I would really like to know, but I don’t know where to start. I am digging at my brain and all I find is this nonchalant deafness.