Dora Cronin
Artist Biography
Before this Breathe Project, I had never considered a sound scape as part of an art installation or as art, and to be honest, I never really found the idea of it appealing. To me, art was something you could see, like a painting, or a sculpture, but not something audio, which is ironic because I am a musician. Yes they both require a creative mind, and each are creating a piece for entertainment or inspiration. But audio pieces are a modern invention. The closest thing our ancestors had to a sound scape was music. Music is beautiful, soft, and natural, it takes you back to a more primitive part of you, deep within our soul that makes us feel a connection to the world around us. A sound scape, I thought, couldn’t be like that. It seemed so computerized, and technological, heavy and fake, nothing that I wanted to be a part of. Not me. It wasn’t until I joined this project and started to create my own audio piece, that I realized that my sound didn’t have to be sharp and futuristic, and in fact I could do something much more beautiful and powerful with my hour of audio that I could never have done with a paintbrush or pencil, I could tell a story. And that is just what I have tried to do, with my musical background and personal taste, in my piece. Every one has a story, and within 23 lines, we asked the people of Cambridge to share theirs.
Find Dora's sounds at her page http://soundcloud.com/theexploraa
You can also hear Dora's work as part of the BREATHE: Cambridge artist collective in our multimedia installation featuring sound art, poetry, painting and interactive self-expression. On display this summer @ CAC Gallery, City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA
Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us on 6.21.11 from 6 - 8pm for our reception @ CAC Gallery!
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