Research Sound Assignment Preparation

topic: CULTURE

1. Who really gives a shit about world culture? (Dick Cheney)
2. What can I do to promote my superior, homogenous view of culture? (Mel Gibson)
3. When will the people of the world stop fighting and realize they are brothers and sisters of the same culture? (Ghandi)
4. Where on this dry earth do the colors of culture truly shine, where the rolling pastures of peace and harmony fondly fill my dreams.  (Morgan Freeman)
5. Why would the topic of culture ever cross my mind? Because I'm the future of it? Puh-lease. (teenager)
6. How can we promote the importance of the world's cultures? (Obama)

This was a great new way to start brainstorming about my sound research assignment, and breaking down the strategy, it is really fitting with my topic, as well. The reason this is a successful exercise is because it forces us to look at topics from different perspective. And since everyones' varying, unique point of view is what allows art to exist, it's no wonder the strategy is so progressive. Likewise, culture revolves around perspective, and recreating the voice of some prominent individuals above was really helpful. Choosing to re-voice Morgan Freeeman was what struck me first. He is known for his poetic, sweeping lines of descriptive flow, and I began to look at world culture in that same way. Appropriately, this fondness is very akin to how I feel, as the opportunities I've been given to see the world have really shaped me as a person. The other questions all have something of a negative tone to them, as opposed to Freeman's. There is a great pessimism and ignorance surrounding the topic of world culture, and even the more noble voices speak of the topic favorably, but skeptically (skeptical, perhaps, because they know that their words will have effect). I want to grasp these contrasting perspectives of culture, where it is often ignored, but an integral element of humanity. Without culture, the world would lie in uniformity and colorless neutrality. In my sound project, I want to use elements of different culture: language, tone, riffs, ambience, and juxtapose them with obvious strands of negativity that will often overshadow the cultural elements, much like in reality. I am excited to develop my motive more as I continue to brainstorm!