Date of Award
5-2021
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Music
First Advisor
Dr. Christopher Biggs
Second Advisor
Dr. Carter J. Rice
Third Advisor
Dr. Keith Kothman
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Lisa R. Coons
Keywords
Installation, music, art, technology, multimedia
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The Library of Babel is an installation that allows users to search through a sea of sonic and visual representations of alphabetical symbols and punctuation that are encompassed in an infinite textual library. Users peer through the various walls, shelves, and volumes of the library, searching for whatever they wish - be it meaning, sense within the chaos, or audiovisual euphony. The default sounds for symbols can be replaced by recordings that the user creates on location, allowing the user to provide their own sonic reconstructions of the Library’s contents. The Library of Babel breaks language into its constituent parts, leading users to examine how they interpret and construct meaning from text.
Recommended Citation
Tubbs, Jared, "The Library of Babel" (2021). Masters Theses. 5193.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/5193