save the princess! sound installation proposal
I mentioned in passing that I'm taking an advanced sound art class. I suppose I should have taken the intro to sound art class, but that would have been too easy.
Anyway, we all have to create a sound installation as our final project, and I actually found a way to force myself to play video games. (Or, you can gather that I'm compensating for not growing up with a Nintendo Entertainment System. I know, it's tragic: my parents have robbed me of my childhood because I have yet to save the princess in both Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. It's true.) Here's the proposal.
I want to create a sound installation that invokes nostalgia for the 1980s, the decade of my childhood, by fusing the sentimentality of outdoor playgrounds with the wistfulness of the Nintendo Entertainment system. I plan to do this by installing a tape loop of processed sounds from the video games Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda at a local outdoor playground.
To do this, I will explore different local …
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