Raymond Boisjoly, Kasper Feyrer, Christine Sun Kim, Duane Linklater, Elizabeth McIntosh, Stephen Murray, Kevin Schmidt Unexplained Parade, Part Four February 9–May 11, 2019
From my understanding, a lullaby is either a soothing or educational song meant to lull a baby to sleep. I’ve always thought a lullaby was full of fun rhymes, onomatopoeic words, nature sounds, and/or simple repetitions. When I bought a video monitor for my baby Roux, I saw that it had several popular lullabies I can choose from in order to help my child to fall asleep.
The idea of playing songs for my child that I am not familiar with gave me a feeling of unease, so I factored them out of the sound diet. Since I intend to be mindful of what my baby grows up listening to, I have invited my parent friends to make lullabies for Roux based on a conceptual score I’ve developed. It is worth noting that some of these friends very recently became parents; given this, they have produced their respective lullabies to the best of their abilities within the baby circumstances.
The score instructions I provided to parents read as follows:
· Length can be as short or as long as you like.
· No lyrics, no speech.
· A greater emphasis should be placed on low frequencies.
· Will be played on repeat at normal or low volume.
· Will be used to encourage my baby to sleep between 19:00 and 20:00.
