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This record is a series of cuts: component extractions from the admixture of sounds that compose the score of Ready Mix (2021). The film combines location sound recorded on-site at a concrete and gravel plant in central Idaho with composed audio. The record breaks apart that composite. It is a negative synthesis. Re-soloed, re-siloed, and remixed sounds, machine-made in Idaho, Indiana, and New York.
—Lucy Raven
Anchored by the natural sound of the film itself, the Ready Mix soundtrack harnesses a vast spectrum of auditory stimuli. The frequencies of the various machines used to mix and transport concrete depicted on-screen provide a subliminal sonic foundation. While leaving space for discovery, we blurred the lines between music composition and foley to help establish the topography of this auditory landscape. In an aerial shot, we replaced the sound of wind with a gentle, sustained sine wave. Heavy concert bass drums scale down to handheld percussion as the sediments are ground down and transported along assembly lines. The proximity of on-screen bodies to the camera dictates the decibel level: the tighter the shot, the louder the sound. I was also interested in liberating sound from linearity. I recorded sand moving around in my hand in real time, filtered it through a granular synthesizer, and then converted the audio into a format that allows me to manipulate the sound in the temporal order I prefer. Each moment in the original recording is set to a transient that can be recalled in a new order or arrangement. The elements of the soundtrack evolved along with the process of making the film. In redux form, new versions—which were still related, almost like a phantom limb—have been brought to fruition. The original soundtrack pieces are the matter, and the redux pieces act as antimatter.
—Deantoni Parks
Publication Details
- Publication date
- 2021
- Format
- Vinyl
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Credits
Remix Ready Mix (2021)
Concept, original film, sound edit, and mix: Lucy Raven
Composer and sound mix: Deantoni Parks
Produced by Lucy Raven and Deantoni Parks © Lucy Raven and Dia Art Foundation
Tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 17 by Deantoni Parks
Tracks 2, 4, and 14 by Lucy Raven
Tracks 1, 9, 16, and 18 by Deantoni Parks and Lucy Raven
Additional production on tracks 9 and 18 by Deantoni Parks
Album mix and editing: Randy Gibson
Mastering: Caio Carvalho
Original film audio mix on Tracks 1 and 16 by Dave Paterson
Images: Lucy Raven
Packaging design: Tiffany Malakooti
Production management: Randy Gibson and Alexis Lowry
Editor: Sophia Larigakis
Rights and reproductions: Mollie Bernstein
Ready Mix (2021)
Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Lucy Raven at Dia Chelsea, New York, which opened on April 14, 2021.
Directed and edited by Lucy Raven
Composer: Deantoni Parks
Aerial photography: Yancy Caldwell
Principal photography and location sound recording: Spencer Cordovano/F11
Consulting editor: Mike Olenick
Grip: Banwer Rigging and Grip
Rerecording mixer: Dave Paterson
Sound post: HARBOR
Color correction/online edit: Ryan Jenkins
Screen engineering and fabrication: MEER Precision and South Side Design & Building
Video and lighting consultant: Glen Fogel
Lucy Raven is made possible by major support from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. Significant support is provided by the Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation, the Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation, and Dia’s Director’s Council: Fady Jameel, Susan and Larry Marx, Leslie and Mac McQuown, Alice and Tom Tisch, and Sara and Evan Williams. Generous support is also provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Additional support provided by the Cowles Charitable Trust, Jeffrey Deitch, Molly Gochman, Agnes Gund, Slobodan Randjelovic, Jamie and Robert Soros, and those who wish to remain anonymous.
© 2022 Lucy Raven and Dia Art Foundation
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Lucy Raven was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1977. She lives and works in New York City.
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