Sound

The National Gallery is collaborating with Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication on 'Transcriptions: Sound’, an innovative new project which involves third-year sound design students producing a three-minute response to a painting of their choice in the Gallery's collection.

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From the sound artist:

 

This is one of three paintings Gallen-Kallela made of Lake Keitele, north of Helsinki. He was inspired by the Finnish epic poem 'The Kalevala', which tells the story of the mythical hero Väinämöinen, the son of the wind, whose magical voice enchanted the forest and all he encountered on his journeys. The disturbed lines in the painting represent Väinämöinen rowing across the lake playing his kantele, a traditional Finnish stringed instrument, which he made from the jaws of a pike. The atmospheres recorded here are all original; the bird sounds are pheasants.

 

James Murray

Adam Hepburn
FlashAdam Hepburn
Cenotaph
Camila Vala Roberto
FlashCamila Vala Roberto
Witches at their Incantations
Cleo Frank
FlashCleo Frank
Rain, Steam and Speed
James Hodder
FlashJames Hodder
Winter Landscape
Jamie Spinks
FlashJamie Spinks
Surprised!
Ricky Martin
FlashRicky Martin
Water-Lilies
Se-Jin Park
FlashSe-Jin Park
Calais Pier
Simon Bowden
FlashSimon Bowden
Rich Man being led to Hell
Toby Owen
FlashToby Owen
The Execution of Maximilian
Nick Gratwick
FlashNick Gratwick
A Vase of Flowers
Louiza Loizou
FlashLouiza Loizou
A Wheatfield, with Cypresses
Ewan Henesy
FlashEwan Henesy
Winter Landscape
Matthew Davies
FlashMatthew Davies
Trojan Horse
Alex Campbell
FlashAlex Campbell
The Fighting Temeraire
Mark Durham
FlashMark Durham
Lapiths and the Centaurs
Chris Jablonski
FlashChris Jablonski
Storm at Honfleur
Becky Morgan
FlashBecky Morgan
Orpheus
James Murray
FlashJames Murray
Lake Keitele
 
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