As an engaging way to recognize Halloween, this Art Collector Set collages sound recordings with artworks that are eerie, haunting, or mysterious. Playing the embedded MP3 on each slide is like receiving "trick-or-treaters" on Halloween eve: You don't know what's in store until you open the door.
The pairings of image and sound are not intended as literal soundtracks, but rather as associative, subjective, and open-ended connections between art and sound. The listener's imagination is left to fill in the blanks as to what's happening, at what pace, in what setting, and involving what characters.
ABOUT THE ART: Learn more about the artworks by clicking the left "MORE INFO" button at the bottom of each slide. Use the zoom tool to examine each work of art in detail.
ABOUT THE AUDIO: The audio selections range from field recordings, to experimental ambient compositions, to traditional storytelling. The recordings were all found at Archive.org and vary in length from 16 seconds to 7 minutes 37 seconds. Cumulatively, the playing time is approximately 18 minutes. The final slide provides a track listing with links to more information.
Feel free to customize this Set. As a registered user of ArtsConnectEd, first duplicate this Set to make a copy in your acount, then edit its contents using Art Collector.
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All recordings are hosted at Archive.org.
Slide 2: http://archive.org/details/ScaryAtmosphere
Slide 3: http://archive.org/details/FootstepsInLeaves
Slide 4: http://archive.org/details/wh055 (track 10, "Painting" by Christopher Fleeger)
Slide 5: http://archive.org/details/LightsOutoldTimeRadio (track 5, Lights Out radio program, 1937)
Slide 6: http://archive.org/details/animalsounds1 (track 30, elk bellow, courtesy the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Slide 7: http://archive.org/details/raven_553 (Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" read by Willem Dafoe)
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