Everyday moments of attention can be framed and shared as art experiences

Evidence

When a sight, sound, movement, or place attracts your attention during your daily life, consider that moment an “art experience”. Find a way to record an impression of this momentary “art experience” using any appropriate means or media. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 372

Categorization

  • SEED: A practical practice prompt for artists, teachers, or students to turn incidental noticing into shareable art — directly applicable as a workshop or classroom exercise.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 372
  • XREF: connects to: Any moment that attracts attention can be reframed as an art experience — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 372; Ordinary objects can be transformed into musical instruments through attention — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 695; Familiar daily beauty goes unseen precisely because it is constant. — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 2205 (+10 more)

Broader Connections