Reading Responce

I chose the article "The Art of Noise" by Davis Toop. It interested me because he presented a number of facts that I had never heard of or considered before about how we perceive sound. Also, I thought the way he presented the ideas of how people have interacted and worked with sound over the ages was fascinating.
Toop mainly discusses what the differences are between sound art and musical art, and what actually constitutes as art. Elaborating on that, he brings up a point: should all noises be considered art? Or are some noises just noise. He also talks about the history of that debate and how over the years it has been looked upon in various ways by the different generations. Sometimes being considered art and other times not. In the end he shows that this idea is very subjective and that it will always be an ongoing debate.
Since the article showed us that there is no defined way of creating or always determining what sounds constitute as art. As a media artist, I thought it was a good idea to take this notion into account as well as look at the history of what other media artists have done over the years and learn from what they have done to further my own sound recording ideas. His ideas also made me think that it is up to our own determination to decide for ourselves what is sound art to us.

Travis Torok