Sound Sex Project

Artist: The Fugees
Song: Ready or Not
Album: The Score

for Stephan

i was 15. he was a street rollerblader who lied about his age. although we didn't have sex we took turns arguing about it while he came in my mouth.

Welcome to the Sound Sex Project

Music becomes imbued with meaning through the myriad of ways that we use sound and song in our daily lives.

The Sound Sex Project seeks to explore how sound articulates desire, and how people use music to orchestrate their sexual encounters.

I began thinking about the links between sound, music, sex and arousal in an attempt to write about audio in pornography. My critique of the porn soundtracks was that sound quality seemed to be of lesser concern than image, that the noises of bodies and voices were often muted, and that pornographic scores were often cheesy, bland and repetitive.

Yet, in reading theorist Tia DeNora, whose work has informed this project, I was faced with my own arrogance. Who was I to deem what kind of music might or might not instigate sexual activity? Everyone uses music and sound in a different way.

This is where the Sound Sex Project needs your help. I would love any varying degree of participation, but my basic request is:

-Please send me the name of an audio track and artist which you have played during a sexual encounter. If you have an mp3 file of the sound/song, e-mail that as well. If you have something in mind that is not a song, all thoughts on sound and sex are welcome. Please send your submission to:

soundsexproject@gmail.com

Before participating, please read the project's consent form:

http://www.soundsexprojectconsentform.blogspot.com

I will post all submissions chronologically on this blog, so please indicate if you would like your name to be used, if you would like to use a pseudonym, or if you would rather remain anonymous.

I would love to post additional information about your song or sound choice. If you are willing to share more than just the sound selection, other information you might include could be:

-your biographical info
-how your musical choice affected your sexual encounter
-what type of technology you used to play your soundtrack
-why you chose that particular work
-any other thoughts or reflections

Thank you for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you. Once again, please send all entries to:

soundsexproject@gmail.com

PS:

The Sound Sex Project acknowledges the support and influence of one of my musical/artistic collaborators, Sheena Hoszko.

the hiv/aids mix is an ongoing collaborative work by montreal interdisciplinary artist sheena hoszko. the project intends to raise questions surrounding current and past representations of hiv/aids via music. participants are asked to:

1. think of the hiv/aids pandemic
2. choose a song
3. email the song selection to thehivaidsmix@gmail.com

once 10 songs are received a cd compilation will be distributed to each participant. the hiv/aids mix began in 2006 and is currently accepting submissions for mix three and four. for past tracklisings and more information please visit www.myspace.com/thehivaidsmix.

Sound Sex Project

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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