1. What is a Soundscape?

It is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an environment.

2. What are the 3 Elements that make up a Soundscape?
The 3 elements that make up a soundscape is Soundmark, Keynote sounds and Sound art.

3. What is Sound art?
Sound art is a diversed group of art practices that considers the wide notion, listening of
sound as focuses.

4. Why is Sound art difficult to classify?
It is because they are like the different genres of contemporary art.

5. What the Beatles Revolution 9. What is the Beatles Revolution 9 about? Do you think it is
successful Sound Art piece? Why or why
not? Explain

The Beatles Revolution 9 is about the time during the 60s, where there is drugs, hippies, it
included the rumours where says Paul is dead. Generally it summarize the incidents that had
happened within that generation. I think it is a successful Sound Art piece since it does not
have any captions, plays or narrator but a mixture of sound.

6. List two Western art historical traditions associated with Sound art?
Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori and subsequent experiments by Dadaists.

7. List 3 artistic lineages that emerge from Sound art?
I) conceptual art
II) Minimalism
III) Site-specific art

8. What are the origins of the term "Sound art" in the United States?
It was sound/Art.

9. What is Abstract film?
It is a subgenre of experimental film.


10. What are 3 stylistic characteristics that Abstract film use?
non-narrative
visual/sound
no story and no acting


1) What is the name of the work of art that incorporates Abstract film?
It is Optical poem.


2) Who created this work of art?
Oskar Fischinger

3) What is the Topic/Subject matter of the work?
It is to demonstrate our musical thoughts in visual form.

4) How does the artist use shape/colour/line/and duration (speed) within the work?
Shape and colour are obvious principles when considering the artwork. There are many
shapes that are associated with this artwork such as circles, rectangles. Color is another
concept such as red, and dark blue are usually associated with the deeper notes, while
higher notes accompany the light blue colors.

5) What kind of mood/feeling do you get from the work and why?
I get the excitement of sounds because I found different songs has different secret
message.

6) Do you think the work successfully incorporates abstract film and why - or why not? Defend
your position using the elements and principles of design you discussed in question 5 and your
understanding of the above concepts.

Yes, I agree that the work successfully incorporates abstract film since it fully performed the
entire stylistic characteristic from abstract film when they also used the rhythm of music
accompanied to invoke emotions or messages.