Response To Soundart II

Gregory Whitehead’s radio art fascinates me about how sounds can be mixed in such a way that triggers different kinds of emotion. Whitehead’s work called, “What Words Want,” starts with a middle-aged woman’s voice teaching how to speak in a different language. It later becomes more humorous when a young man’s voice came in and started making fun of different languages. Towards the end, the mood of the radio art becomes mysterious as the speaker whispers softly until his voice gradually dies away. Gregory’s radio art gave me a new idea, that different kinds of sounds can create different kinds of moods. The proper order and length of sounds can leave an effective impact on any listener.