Raw Materials

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"Raw Materials" is a large-scale sound installation by American artist Bruce Nauman that layers and projects his recorded texts through a long corridor to immerse visitors in a disorienting, language-focused environment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
installation art
sound installation
artForm contemporary installation
artisticGoal to destabilize conventional listening
to immerse visitors in language
conceptualStrategy using language as sculptural material
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Bruce Nauman NERFINISHED
creatorNationality American
effectOnAudience disorientation
heightened awareness of language
experienceType immersive
focus physical presence of sound in space
relationship between body and language
genre sound art
hasForm corridor-based sound work
hasPart audio projections
corridor installation
recorded texts
hasTitle Raw Materials
installationType site-specific installation
intendedSetting gallery
museum
languageOfWork English
mainSubject disorientation
language
perception
speech
movement conceptual art
contemporary art
postminimalism
notableFeature focus on language as material
immersive auditory environment
layering of multiple voice recordings
long corridor of sound
perceptualStrategy directional sound along a path
overlapping voices
scale large-scale
soundConfiguration multi-channel audio
soundSource artist’s own recorded texts
spatialArrangement speakers distributed along a corridor
usesMedium loudspeakers
recorded voice
sound

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Bruce Nauman notableWork Raw Materials