◇ Mud Muse - Art and Electronic Media
This great construction of driller's mud and sound-activated electronics to make it bubble and splash is the most totally bizarre and 'concept-less' piece in [Rauschenberg's] oeuvre. [It] had to be watered and mixed daily. It must be taken care of and interacted with to function. The piece uses "ocean sounds, animal sounds, some generated on a synthesizer and some processed at variable speeds(23)" to encapsulate humanity using a collection of random sound elements, which could possibly be interpreted as an interesting extension of the imagery in a piece like Barge (1962-63). This bubbling vat of mud exudes its own sort sexuality as well, in this case in the tactile, sensual quality of the smooth, flowing mud.
http://www.artelectronicmedia.com/artwork/mud-muse
◇ merge - art orbit
During the 1960s, Robert Rauschenberg discovered that sound could be used to make art, just like a discarded umbrella or a stuffed billygoat. Excited by the promise of using sound as a material, he co-founded Experiments in Art and Technology, an organization dedicated to supporting collaborations between artists and industry.
http://www.artnode.se/artorbit/issue3/f_merge/f_merge.html
◇ Robert Rauschenberg - Mud Muse - Sound And Mud Sculpture - Bienal Porto Alegre by Clairex on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds
https://soundcloud.com/clairex/robert-rauschenberg-mud-muse
◇ The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation on Tumblr • mollykingston: Mud Muse. Robert Rauschenberg....
http://robertrauschenberg.tumblr.com/post/31275853850/mollykingston-mud-muse-robert-rauschenberg
◇ Robert Rauschenberg and Moderna Museet - Moderna Museet
http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Exhibitions/2007/Robert-Rauschenberg-Combines/Biography/Robert-Rauschenberg-and-Moderna-Museet/
