I want to write the sound of a painting by Dali. How do I do this?
1 Answer
A few thoughts...
Explanation:
How about abstracting things out of the painting, then providing audio interpretations of those abstractions.
For example, starting with a painting like "The Persistence of Memory", we might pick out:
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Interplay between soft and hard objects (soft watches on hard edges).
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Distortion of time (the 'melted' pocket watches).
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Things which appear solid but have been eroded by a long passage of time (the rocky cliffs in the distance).
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The dead remains of something living (tree).
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No living things except the ants (a symbol of decay).
I think I would combine the follows sounds:
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The distant sound of waves crashing against a shore.
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The tick tock of a watch or watches slowed down and distorted.
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An occasional clitter-clatter as of ants moving.
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Low slow string sounds fading in then dropping in pitch with a step in the pace of change of pitch to represent the edges over which watches are 'draped'.
