For my graphic notation, I wanted to choose a music piece. There were a lot of dialogue pieces but I managed to find a good music one by the name of Tellus #17: Video Arts Music. It's very weird. I wanted to do music for the graphic because music is such well organized, timed and structured thing that I thought would translate to paper really well. I only used the first 30 seconds, which introduces all of the pieces used. There are a few different drum beats used in a pattern, a background scratch, some odd vocals and a very weird instrument in the background that changes pitches frequently. I tried my best to match up the pitch of the instrument to my lines on the paper. In the end, I am not an artistic person so I decided to do something with a pattern to at least show off a well put together structure. Organization satisfies me. Here is the image.
BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES
Reading the... reading, I became quite interested in what a sound installation would be like. Normally, art installations are for the eyes only - but what Bandt describes in the reading sounds utterly fascinating. A piece that engages all the senses sounds less like viewing a piece of art and more like experiencing it. And even further, how they are described to be something that should be experienced over a duration - likely causing the piece as well as yourself to shift with time. Sound is likely the most transformative and malleable form of art among the senses. It is something that shifts constantly and changes with perspective every second. With visual, touch and scent adding context to the sound can offer it an entire new meaning. The biggest part of the reading that stood out to me is the temporal aspect of sound installations; how the sound you hear at one moment could be completely different than how it sounded at a previous moment, or perhaps you're the one who has changed. The image I have provided is that of an airport. Having had a 13 hour layover once, I experienced a lot of different sounds that changed throughout the day; whether it be the PA looking for passengers or announcing last calls, the sound of suitcases or the sound of running, the constant hum of hundreds of people talking at once. However, as the sun set and midnight grew closer all of these things changed. They became less, which resulted in more. When a hundred people talking turns into 10 people talking you start to hear words. After spending 13 hours there, the sound of suitcases becomes like birds chirping and the sound of the voice over the PA becomes more familiar than your mothers. 
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