[Project 8] Allatonceness

  The final project I collaborated with Kepler is a soundscape, and the thesis is to make four pieces of music for each “Air” “Fire” “Earth” “Water”. The inspiration is that we were talking about constellation, and we had an idea to write different songs for different personalities. In the “Air”, we can feel the feeling of vivaciousness, so their personalities are adaptable, lively and communicative. “Fire” sounds very intense, their personalities are outgoing and adventurous. “Water” sounds a little bit melancholy, because we added minor key to it, so their personalities are emotionally rich, dedicate minded and romantic. “Earth” sounds firm, and their personalities are down-to-earth, perfectionist, and detail-oriented.

  Our division of work is that I did the part of tune for “Water”, because I like this kind of quiet music, I am a little bit good at this kind of music. Kepler did the tune for “Air” “Fire” “Earth”, and then we worked together to add some finer things to those songs, for example, adding some other instruments.

  “Ours is a brand-new world of allatonceness.” (McLuhan 63) At the high speeds of electric communication, our lives are becoming more and more transparent, and everyone’s information would be recorded. Nowadays, the society divide people into several different categories: constellation, MBTI, even the sign of the Zodiac and so on. Each of them frame people into a stereotype. And these so-called stereotypes are actually big data compiled after information has been collected, so they are not without merit, except that they cannot be used as a criterion to judge people. That’s why we wanted to do a project like this, not to be confined to the bad impressions of stereotypes, but to draw out the good qualities if there really are stereotypes.